2018

NS1167 : Toward Castle - Cowal Peninsula

taken 6 years ago, near to Toward, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Toward Castle - Cowal Peninsula
Toward Castle - Cowal Peninsula
Entrance to the castle vault

Toward Castle - The Dunoon Massacre

The Dunoon massacre was a massacre that took place around Dunoon on the Cowal Peninsula, Scotland, in 1646. Men of the powerful Clan Campbell massacred men, women and children of the Clan Lamont.

By 1646, the Clan Campbell, neighbours of the Clan Lamont, had steadily encroached the Lamonts' lands. After the 1645 Battle of Inverlochy near Fort William, the Clan Lamont took the opportunity to lay waste to the Campbells' territory. The following year, the powerful Clan Campbell army invaded the Clan Lamont lands, taking their castles of Toward on Cowal and Ascog on Bute. At Castle Toward the Campbells asked for hospitality, which was given, according to custom, and then slaughtered the Lamonts in their beds, finally throwing bodies down the well to poison the water should they have missed anyone. Sir James Lamont surrendered after accepting fair terms for his people, but the Campbells then slaughtered over two hundred of Lamont's men, women and children. Elsewhere, one tree was said to have carried thirty-five bodies from its branches, and another thirty-six men were buried alive. The two Lamont castles were set alight and razed. Sir James Lamont was thrown into a dungeon for five years. This event became known as the Dunoon massacre.

Source : Wikipedia.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Woodland, Forest Primary Subject: Castle
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Near Castle [12] · Powerful Clan Campbell Massacred [8] Title Clusters: · Toward Castle - Cowal Peninsula [7] ·
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NS1167, 60 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Raibeart MacAoidh   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 5 April, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 6 April, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 1185 6784 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:52.0139N 5:0.5070W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 1185 6785
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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