Asgog Castle | |
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General information | |
Status | Ruin |
Location | Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Address | Asgog Loch |
Town or city | Millhouse |
Country | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 55°53′02″N 5°17′05″W / 55.884015°N 5.284626°W, National grid reference NR 94666 70530 |
Designations | Scheduled Monument: LB12082 |
Asgog Castle, situated on the northwest shore of the Asgog Loch, on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, was once the home of a cadet branch of Clan Lamont. It was first recorded in 1581, but may be mid-15th-century in date. In 1646, the castle was besieged and eventually destroyed by Clan Campbell,[1] during the conflict now known as the Dunoon massacre. Only three walls of the keep are now standing; of the courtyard, there are no identifiable remains.[2][3]