History
This area of Strathlachlan is the home to the Maclachlan clan. The original castle was built at the beginning of the fourteenth century about the time of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. It remained the in place until it was bombarded from the sea in 1746 by an English warship following the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden. This was retribution against the Maclachlans for joining in the unsuccessful rebellion. This is the ruin that can be seen at the shores of Loch Fyne from the current castle. The new castle started life as a Queen Anne style house at the end of the eighteenth century and at the end of the nineteenth the Scottish baronial transformation was undertaken.
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riversoflive, on October 26, 2008, said:
History This area of Strathlachlan is the home to the Maclachlan clan. The original castle was built at the beginning of the fourteenth century about the time of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. It remained the in place until it was bombarded from the sea in 1746 by an English warship following the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden. This was retribution against the Maclachlans for joining in the unsuccessful rebellion. This is the ruin that can be seen at the shores of Loch Fyne from the current castle. The new castle started life as a Queen Anne style house at the end of the eighteenth century and at the end of the nineteenth the Scottish baronial transformation was undertaken.