Carnasserie Castle, Argyll & Bute
A ruined 16th century tower house near Kilmartin. It was built by reforming churchman John Carswell, who was Rector of Kilmartin, Chancellor of the Chapel Royal at Stirling, and later titular Bishop of the Isles. Although he notionally built the castle for his patron, the Earl of Argyll, Carswell actually intended it as a personal residence. On Carswell's death it passed to his patron. The castle was blown up by Royalist forces in 1685 following the 9th Earl's failed uprising in support of the Monmouth Rebellion against James VII.
Carnasserie Castle, Argyll & Bute
A ruined 16th century tower house near Kilmartin. It was built by reforming churchman John Carswell, who was Rector of Kilmartin, Chancellor of the Chapel Royal at Stirling, and later titular Bishop of the Isles. Although he notionally built the castle for his patron, the Earl of Argyll, Carswell actually intended it as a personal residence. On Carswell's death it passed to his patron. The castle was blown up by Royalist forces in 1685 following the 9th Earl's failed uprising in support of the Monmouth Rebellion against James VII.