NR7178 : Castle Sween
near to New Ulva, Argyll And Bute, Great Britain
Castle Sween
Castle Sween is in the care of Historic Scotland.
The castle was built in the late 12C by Suibhne, ancestor of the MacSweens, as a quadrangular enclosure with buildings on the inside. Towers were added in the 14C and 15C. From 1262, the castle was held by the Stewart Earls of Menteith, but after a period on the hands of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, it reverted to the Crown in 1481, when James III appointed as Keeper Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. It was abandoned in 1645.
The castle was built in the late 12C by Suibhne, ancestor of the MacSweens, as a quadrangular enclosure with buildings on the inside. Towers were added in the 14C and 15C. From 1262, the castle was held by the Stewart Earls of Menteith, but after a period on the hands of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, it reverted to the Crown in 1481, when James III appointed as Keeper Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. It was abandoned in 1645.
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- NR7178, 4 images (find more images nearby)
- Photographer
- Patrick Mackie (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 16 August, 2006 (find more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 16 August, 2006
- Category
- Castle (find more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NR 712 788 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.8558N 5:39.9602W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: NR 711 788
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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