The Munros - Scotland's Highest Mountains

The Scottish Highlands

Kilchurn Castle

Photographs of Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

near Dalmally beneath the Cruachan Horseshoe

in the Southern Highlands of Scotland

Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle ( fifteenth century and later )
is maintained by Historic Scotland.

It stands on a peninsula in Loch Awe
some two miles to the west
of the village of Dalmally.

Kilchurn Castle was a fortress
and later a garrison stronghold,
it contains the oldest surviving barracks
on the British mainland.

Its five-storey tower house dominates the complex,
with a lower hall, courtyard and barracks below.

Kilchurn Castle was built in the mid-1400s,
and it remained the base
of the Campbells of Glenorchy for 150 years.

After the first Jacobite Rising of 1689,
Kilchurn was converted into a garrison stronghold,
but was abandoned by the end of the 1700s.

Kilchurn Castle

aerial view

Kilchurn Castle

on ascent of Beinn a'Bhuiridh

Beinn a'Bhuiridh and Monadh Driseig

from Kilchurn Castle

Monadh Driseig

from Castle Kilchurn

on Loch Awe

Information Display at Kilchurn Castle

( Note: Click here or on map for larger format copy )

Interior of Kilchurn Castle

Aerial view of Kilchurn Castle

Ben Lui

from Castle Kilchurn

Ben Lui

across Loch Awe

Beinn Eunaich ( 3244ft, 989m )

from Kilchurn Castle

Beinn a'Chochuill and Beinn Eunaich

from Kilchurn Castle

Beinn a'Bhuiridh, Beinn a'Chochuill

and Beinn Eunaich

above Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle

and Ben Lui

Ben Lui

Beinn Eunaich ( 3244ft, 989m )

from Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle

Loch Awe Hotel

Glenorchy Parish Church at Dalmally

The church was built in 1810-11
on the site of earlier churches.

It is an example of an octagonal plan
with adjoining tower.

The site is probably early Christian in origin,
and is associated with St. Connán.

The churchyard contains medieval grave-slabs
in the "West Highland" style.