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Dunollie Castle

Dunollie Castle is a small medieval castle ruin on a hill north of Oban on the west coast of Scotland. The visible remains are largely 15th-century masonry standing on a high promontory with broad views to the island of Kerrera, the town and harbour. The site and surrounding grounds are managed as part of the Dunollie Museum, Castle & Grounds by a preservation trust.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1300

Its prime

1450

Today

Ruin

As it stood in 1450

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact ruined stone castle crowns a grassy promontory north of Oban, facing the Sound and the island of Kerrera. The surviving fabric is mainly 15th-century grey masonry: grouped wall lines and foundation footprints forming a small hilltop stronghold within older earthen banks. The site opens to sea views over the town and harbour below and sits within maintained grounds where a historical herb garden has been identified; Dunollie House lies down the slope.

Step inside

5 places to explore in 1450.

The record describes 5 distinct spots at Dunollie Castle — including the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Approach from ObanPromontory overlook toward KerreraMain 15th-century masonry core13th-century earthwork banksMedieval herb garden plots

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See Dunollie Castle with the fires lit.

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