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Dunderave Castle is an L-plan castle built in the 16th century as the Scottish seat of the MacNaughton clan.
The castle lies on a small promontory on the northern shores of 
Overview of Dundarave Castle
from the Gazetteer for Scotland
Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century Castles in Argyll and Bute Category A listed buildings in Argyll and Bute 16th-century architecture in the United Kingdom
Description
The castle lies on a small promontory on the northern shores of Loch Fyne
Loch Fyne ( gd, Loch Fìne, ; meaning "Loch of the Vine/Wine"), is a sea loch off the Firth of Clyde and forms part of the coast of the Cowal peninsula. Located on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It extends inland from the Sound o ...
, around north-east of Inveraray, Argyll
Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
. The castle is in use as a residence. The present castle was built after their previous castle was destroyed following a Plague
Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine
*Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis''
* An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
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infection. The old castle, and remnants of McNaughton crannógs, can still be seen on the lochan known as the Dubh Loch at the head of Glen Shira
Glen Shira ( Gaelic: Gleann Siara, "Glen of the eternal river") is a glen in Argyll, Scotland at the northern end of Loch Fyne, just to the north of Inveraray. It is a Special Area of Conservation within the UK, bordered by Beinn Bhuidhe on t ...
.
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 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.
Alexander Campbell of Cawdor visited Dunderave in September 1591.
The castle was restored and remodelled in 1911 by Sir Robert Lorimer relandscaping the gardens at the same time.Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer
See also
*Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe
Fraoch Eilean/Ejlean is a small island situated at the northern end of Loch Awe, a freshwater lake in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is notable for being the site of a medieval royal castle, now ruined, which was given into the keeping of Clan ...
- earlier MacNauchtan castle
*Dundarave House
Dundarave is a country house in the village of Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was the ancestral seat of the Macnaghten family, which is the chiefly family of Clan Macnaghten.
Dundarave was designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, the ...
- the Irish seat of the MacNaughton clan
References
Bibliography
*{{citation , first=Matthew , last=Cock , title=Dunderave Castle and the MacNachtans of Argyll , publisher=Dunderave Estate , year=1998 , isbn=978-0-9658338-0-6External links
Overview of Dundarave Castle
from the Gazetteer for Scotland
Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century Castles in Argyll and Bute Category A listed buildings in Argyll and Bute 16th-century architecture in the United Kingdom