Cairnburgh Castle
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Cairnburgh Castle is a castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The nearest other castle is Glengorm Castle, 11 mi away.
Cairnburgh Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Nearest castle
Glengorm Castle
11 mi away
Castles in Argyll and Bute
60
Scotland
Location
Argyll and Bute
Scotland
About Cairnburgh Castle
Cairnburgh Castle is a ruined castle that is located on the islands of Cairn na Burgh Mòr and Cairn na Burgh Beag, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. These islands are at the northern extremity of the Treshnish Isles at the mouth of Loch Tuath, Mull north of Iona. 1991's The Changing Scottish Landscape characterizes it as "one of the most isolated fortifications in Britain...[and] also one of the strangest."
From the Wikipedia article on Cairnburgh Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cairnburgh Castle sits at 56.5183, -6.3811 in Argyll and Bute. The closest other castles are Glengorm Castle (11 mi), Aros Castle (16 mi) and Mingary Castle (17 mi). Argyll and Bute has 60 castles in all.
