Duntrune Castle

Duntrune Castle is located on the northern shore of Loch Crinan. It is on the otherside of the loch from the village of Crinan, Argyll, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Crìonan, Earra-Ghàidheal, Alba). It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland. This Castle was originally built by the MacDougal Clan in the twelfth century and later taken by the Campbells who eventually sold the castle to the Malcolms. The castle is said to be haunted. The ghost is that of a headless piper who had his hands chopped off by the Campbells as punishment for alerting the MacDonalds that a planned surprise attack had been discovered by playing his pipes. The castle today has a thirteenth century curtain wall and a tower house from the seventeenth century.

Image: Duntrune Castle, Loch Crenan engraving by Samuel Lacey date 1829