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Dunderave Castle

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The name Dunderave is of Gaelic origin. Since the MacNachtans were designated 'of Dunderave' from as early as 1473, the place-name appears to have moved with the clan from the Dubh Loch. It has been suggested that the name derives either from Dun-an-Rudha, meaning 'The Knoll on the Promontory', or
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else from Dun-da-Ramh, 'The Castle of Two Oars'. The latter is taken to imply that there was a ferry near the site of the castle.
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The castle lies on a small promontory on the northern shores of
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Dunderave Castle seen across Loch Fyne from a hill track above
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Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century
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The castle was restored and remodelled in 1911 by Sir
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infection. The old castle, and remnants of McNaughton
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built in the 16th century as the Scottish seat of the
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Inverary
Argyle
Scotland

Dunderave Castle is located in Scotland
56°14′35″N 4°59′53″W / 56.242973°N 4.998072°W / 56.242973; -4.998072
MacNaughton clan
L-plan castle
MacNaughton clan

St Catherines
Loch Fyne
Inveraray
Argyll
Plague
crannógs
lochan
Glen Shira
Cawdor
Robert Lorimer

Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe
Dundarave House
Cock (1998
ISBN
978-0-9658338-0-6
Overview of Dundarave Castle
Dundarave Castle in the 1900s
Categories
Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century

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