Caisteal Inbher Aora - Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne

Inveraray Castle is the seat of the Campbell Dukes of Argyll. The new Castle was built for the 5th Duke of Argyll and completed in 1789 and must have been much more comfortable than Kilchurn Castle where the Dukes of Argyll used to reside.

The centre of the four floored building is a huge tower that is entirely occupied by just one room, the tallest room in Scotland, 21 m high, which is sourrounded by a gallery and four sourrounding wings with four round gothic towers in the corners of the castle.

The central tower contains a collection of arms under which is the Rob Roy's dirk. There are many fine pictures decorating the walls of the gallery and the surrounding rooms. Unfortunately: No photographs!

There are more photographs still to come of my 2004-tour to Scotland but they have not yet found their way into the computer.

Castles I visited

Edinburgh Castle Eilean Donan Castle Duntulm Castle Dunvegan Castle Dunrobin Castle Cawdor Castle Blair Castle, Blair Atholl Braemar Castle Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall Strome Castle Castle Knock Caisteal Maol - Castle Moil, Skye
Edinburgh Eilean Donan Duntulm Dun Bheagan Dunrobin Cawdor Blair Atholl Braemar Kirkwall Strome Knock Moil
Armadale Castle Castle Mey Stirling Castle Tantallon Castle Thurso Castle Earl's Palace, Birsay Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Balmoral Castle Stuart Castle - Grampian Corgarff Castle Castle Stalker Ackergill Tower - Caithness
Armadale Mey Stirling Tantallon Thurso Birsay Kirkwall Balmoral Stuart Corgarff Stalker Ackergill Tower
Inverness Castle Balvenie Castle - Dufftown Loch Lomond Castle - Balloch Dun Sciath - Sleat, Isle of Skye Kilravock Castle near Cawdor Bishop's Palace - Elgin Keiss - the old Castle Keiss - the new Castle Castle Girnigoe - Caithness Castle Sinclair - Caithness Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit Old Wick Castle
Inverness Balvenie Loch Lomond Dun Sciath Kilravock Castle Elgin old Keiss new Keiss Girnigoe Sinclair Urquhart Old Wick
Carbisdale Castle Castle Tongue Kilberry Castle Castle Tarbert Stonefield Castle, near Tarbert Saddell Torisdale Skipness Carnasserie Dunadd Dunstaffnage Castle Barcaldine
Carbisdale Tongue Kilberry Tarbert Stonefield Sadell Torisdale Skipness Carnasserie Dunadd Dunstaffnage Barcaldine
Lochranza, Arran Dunaverty Castle Inveraray Castle Kilchurn Castle Ruthven Barracks Fort William Fort Augustus Fort George
Brodick Lochranza Dunaverty Inveraray Kilchurn Ruthven Barracks Fort William Fort Augustus Fort George


Index-page

Scotland today

whisky pictures my tours castles bibliography author
Whiskey destilling picture gallery Tours through Scotland Castles of Scotland I visited bibliography about myself
fuisce of Scotland through Scotland story and picture good books that's me

Scotland's history

chronicle clans dynasties battles earldoms legends
chronicle some of the Clans of Scotland Dynasties of Scotland, England and Norway Battles in and about Scotland Earldoms Legends and Stories
chronicle and chiefs of Britain fight and slaughter Earls and Dukes and stories