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Innes Chonnel Castle today

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Innes Chonnel Castle

Innes Chonnel Castle (also Ardchonnel Castle) is a ruined 13th-century island fortress on Innis Chonnell in Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was a historic stronghold of Clan Campbell and is a scheduled monument. The surviving fabric today consists of thick outer walls and a prominent ruined tower rising from a wooded islet.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Its prime

1300

Today

Ruin

As it stood in 1300

The shape it held in its prime.

Sits on a small, wooded island in a calm loch, the castle is composed of thick, rough grey-stone curtain walls and a taller rectangular tower rising above the tree-line. Much of the masonry is overgrown with ivy and trees crowd the base of the walls; large stretches of curtain wall survive as low, uneven stone ridges and breaches. The silhouette is compact and low against the water, with the taller tower the dominant vertical element above dense island vegetation.

Step inside

5 places to explore in 1300.

The record describes 5 distinct spots at Innes Chonnel Castle — including 1 interior: enclosed inner ward (courtyard). 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 the lochRocky shoreline and base of curtain wallElevation of the rectangular towerSection of curtain wall with breachesEnclosed inner ward (courtyard)

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