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CARNASSERIE CASTLE FACTS
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Location
near Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute
Description
Carnasserie Castle is a ruined 16th century tower house located a mile north of Kilmartin. Carnasserie Castle is a 5 storey tower house with a longer three storey hall house, built by John Carswell in 1565. . To the south and west is a partially walled courtyard garden. It is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public in summer.
Architecture
At basement level are the remains of cellars and a kitchen with a large fireplace. On the ground floor is the large hall connected to a large drawing room in the tower house. A broad stair rises from the entrance to the hall, contained in a small tower to the north-west. A second smaller stair leads up from the hall to the parapet walk on three sides of the tower house. The exterior displays numerous gunloops, and decorative corbelling. At the top of the tower are the remains of open rounds along the parapet, and a caphouse above the stair
History
In 1685 the castle was blown up by Royalist forces as payback the owner supporting the Monmouth Rebellion against James VII in 1685. The ruins were never repaired, although the outer walls remain largely undamaged.
Date
1565
Other Castles in the Area
Castle Sween
Inveraray Castle
Kilchurn Castle
Stonefield Castle
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