Smerby Castle
Smerby Castle, also known as Island Muller Castle, is a ruined fortified house on a promontory known as Isla Muller, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, north of Campbeltown.[1] The site is protected as a scheduled monument.[2]
| Smerby Castle (Island Muller Castle) | |
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| Kintyre, Scotland | |
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  Smerby Castle (Island Muller Castle) | |
| Coordinates | 55.4366°N 5.5388°W |
| Type | Fortified house |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Ruin |
History
16th century
Ranald MacDonald was granted Smerby Castle from his father James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg.
Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg was kept as a prisoner in chains at Smerby Castle in 1598 after James MacDonald was sent to seek his fathers submission to King James V of Scotland. Angus suffered burns after his Kintyre house Askomull was burnt down by his son James and was subsequently captured.[3]
Notes
- "Island Muller Castle". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Island Muller Castle (SM3222)". Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- A. MacDonald, et al. p.569.
References
- Macdonald, Angus; Macdonald, Archibald (1900). The Clan Donald. Vol. 2. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd.
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