Attractions in Argyll Argyll Scotland

Duart Castle

Duart Castle stands proudly on a cliff top guarding the Sound of Argyll and enjoys one of the most spectacular and unique positions on the West Coast of Scotland. For over 400 years this has been the base of the Clan Maclean's sea-borne power.

The castle stands on a crag at the end of the peninsular jutting out into the Sound of Argyll at the intersection of the sound of Argyll , Loch Linne and the Firth of Lorne. It is within view of the neighbouring castles of Dunstaffnage, Dunollie, Aros and Ardtornish, part of a chain of castles up the Sound of Argyll to Mingary Castle.

Duart was originally a rectangular wall enclosing a courtyard. In the year 1350, Lachlan Lubanach, the 5th Chief of the clan, married Mary Macdonald who was the daughter of the Lord of the Isles. She was given Duart Castle as her dowry. Lachlan Lubanach built the keep (tower house) on the outside of the original outer wall but was constructed to integrate with it and enclose the castle well.