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Standing on the north east end of Loch Awe Kilchurn Castle is a 15th century castle now in ruin.
The castle was a Campbell stronghold but it is considered to have been built on an earlier site site of McGregor of Glenstrae.
It became a government stronghold during the Jacobean times but was previously held by the Campbell's for four hundred years.
With the pacification of the Highland Clans and the dispersal of the McGregor's the Castle outlived its usefulness. Lord Glenorchy became the Duke of Breadalbane as the Campbell's power and wealth grew and the family moved to Taymouth Castle in Perthshire.
The Castle was abandoned completely at the end of the 18th Century and then had the misfortune to be burnt out after a "lightning strike"
Although now a ruin it setting is almost a fairy tale vision of Scottish castles
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Mood: Love ~HauntingReveries Jan 20, 2013
Thank you so much for this, I have been studying my ancestry and found direct lineage to Clan Campbell through two of my grandparents, I am so lucky to be afforded the opportunity to view such lovely depiction of my ancestral grounds!
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Mood: Joy ~wandereringsoul Feb 27, 2013
Thank you very much.
Lovely place, maybe you will get there one day.
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*Pinedrop Nov 11, 2012
So lovely!
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~wandereringsoul Nov 26, 2012
Just one of those days when the conditions were just right. Thanks for the comment
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Mood: Love ~Calmar Sep 3, 2012
This is a very beautiful photograph! In it's reflection, the castle appeared to be intact at first glance... :)
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!corpusmind Aug 14, 2012
Very Nice shot
I love Scotland
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Mood: Wow! ~cre8chew Nov 27, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
this the the most awesome picture I've ever seen of a castle... send goosebumps up my spine... amazing!!
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Mood: Wow! ~piglet365 Dec 16, 2010
The sort of shot that makes me feel I should give up!!
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~wandereringsoul Dec 17, 2010
Hi Oriole,
Never give up. Look at peoples photos and work out what they did...lighting, compostition etc and in many cases ask yourself were they lucky to get all the elements right or have they worked on the image in something like Photoshop.
The shot of Kilchern castle was my third visit there and this was the only day I got what I wanted.
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*danUK86 May 19, 2010
great shot man, missed this one on our travels :lol:
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