Scotland · 16th century
Gylen Castle is a ruined castle, or tower house, at the south end of the island of Kerrera in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on a promontory overlooking the Firth of Lorne. It was made a scheduled monument in 1931.
Built in 1582 by the Clan MacDougall, Gylen was only occupied for a relatively short time. The castle was besieged then burned by the Covenanters under General Leslie in 1647 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
In May 2006, extensive conservation of the castle was completed with a £300,000 grant by Historic Scotland and £200,000 raised by worldwide members of Clan MacDougall.
Text adapted from “Gylen Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gylen Castle ranks #4,154 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #145 of the 226 mapped in Scotland. Founded 1582, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,060 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Glasgow, 99 km away. It is one of the 76 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Scottish Highlands. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.
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