Carnasserie Castle

Carnasserie Castle, Scotland

The castle was built by the Anglican cleric John Carswell, who was rector of Kilmartin, chancellor of the royal chapel of Stirling and later Bishop of the Isles (Bishop of the Isles), a religious office with jurisdiction over the Hebrides and the Isle of Man. Carswell he was the author of the first printed book written in Scottish Gaelic, a translation of John Knox's Book of Common Order. The construction work began in 1565 by workers who came from Stirling.

On Carswell's death in 1572, the castle passed to the Earl of Argyll and was then sold in 1643 to Sir Dugald Campbell, third Baronet of Auchinbreck. His successor, Duncan Campbell, was one of the few personalities of the time who actively supported the Argyll Rebellion (Argyll's Rising), an uprising that took place in 1685 against James II of England. The armed repression which followed the uprising devastated not only the castle but also large areas of Argyllshire and Duncan Campbell, although he recovered his landed estates in 1689, found himself financially ruined. In 1690 he lodged a formal complaint with Parliament alleging that men of the Clan Maclean had burned down his Carnasserie castle, stolen 2,000 cattle and killed his uncle, Alexander Campbell of Strondour. Although the outer walls of the castle suffered no irreparable damage, the building was never rebuilt and the Auchinbrecks family went bankrupt. In the 19th century, the estate was sold to the Malcolms of Poltalloch, who also owned nearby Duntrune Castle. Today the castle of Carnasserie and the surrounding land are protected as a monument and are open to the public.

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