Finlarig Castle is an early 17th-century castle standing on a mound on a peninsula between the River Lochay and Loch Tay, just over 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of Killin in Stirling (formerly in Perthshire), Scotland.
Built in 1629 by 'Black' Duncan Campbell (Donnchadh Dubh) of Glenorchy, the castle is an L-plan tower-house, formerly protected by an outer enclosure or barmekin, which is now in a dangerously ruinous condition. It was one of many strongholds built in Argyll and Perthshire by the Campbells of Breadalbane. The castle was visited by Rob Roy MacGregor in 1713.[1]
Near the Castle's north wall is a stone-lined pit which, legend has it, was used for beheading prisoners of noble blood. Commoners were hanged on a nearby oak tree. Near the Castle are the remnants of the Breadalbane Mausoleum, a mock-Tudor chapel erected in 1829 on the site of an earlier chapel and burial place founded in 1523 by an ancestor of the Earls of Breadalbane, Sir Colin Campbell. Allowed to decay over many years, this brick-built building has almost completely collapsed.[1]
FinlarigCastle is an early 17th-century castle standing on a mound on a peninsula between the River Lochay and Loch Tay, just over 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km)...
which he acquired in 1590. FinlarigCastle, was another seat of the Campbell of Breadalbane branch of the clan. Edinample Castle, was another seat of the...
began construction of FinlarigCastle at the west end of Loch Tay, and improved farmland around Finlarig, Kilchurn and Balloch Castles. In 1629, Sir Ewen...
Duncan's castles was FinlarigCastle, built in 1629. There is a pit in the courtyard, which can still be seen, where nobles were taken from the castle dungeons...
known as "Black Duncan of the Seven Castle". He built part of Kilchurn Castle, began the construction of FinlarigCastle at the west end of Loch Tay, and...
village lie the ruins of the Campbells of Breadalbane stronghold of FinlarigCastle, with its associated chapel. The growing power of the Campbells eventually...
Campbells, with several deaths, but the child was whisked away to the Campbells castle. In 1510, at 12 years old, Muriel married Sir John Campbell, third son of...
This is a list of castles in Perth and Kinross. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Perth and Kinross Coventry...
island is 14 mi (23 km) east of Kilmartin, Argyll. Coventry, Martin (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans...
seized at the Ruthven Raid. Colin died on 11 April 1583 and was buried at Finlarig. Grey Colin wrote and kept a large number of letters. Colin had eleven...
Dochart, Finlarig, Glen Orchy and Durisdeer. Another Sir Robert Menzies, who was the eighth chief, built Weem Castle, near the current Castle Menzies,...
living at Finlarig, Killin, until 1985, when he moved to Fife following the death of his wife's parents. The Macnab lived at Leuchars Castle Farmhouse...
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