Smerby Castle

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Smerby Castle (Island Muller Castle)
Kintyre, Scotland
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Island Muller, Kintyre, Scotland
Smerby Castle (Island Muller Castle) is located in Argyll and Bute
Smerby Castle (Island Muller Castle)
Smerby Castle (Island Muller Castle)
Coordinates55°26′12″N 5°32′20″W / 55.4366°N 5.5388°W / 55.4366; -5.5388
TypeFortified house
Site information
ConditionRuin

Smerby Castle, also known as Island Muller Castle, is a ruined fortified house on a promontory known as Isla Muller, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, north of Campbeltown.[1] The site is protected as a scheduled monument.[2]

History[]

16th century[]

Ranald MacDonald was granted Smerby Castle from his father James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg.

Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg was kept as a prisoner in chains at Smerby Castle in 1598 after James MacDonald was sent to seek his fathers submission to King James V of Scotland. Angus suffered burns after his Kintyre house Askomull was burnt down by his son James and was subsequently captured.[3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Island Muller Castle". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Island Muller Castle (SM3222)". Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. ^ A. MacDonald, et al. p.569.

References[]

  • Macdonald, Angus; Macdonald, Archibald (1900). The Clan Donald. Vol. 2. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd.
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