OS1/2/49/157

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 157
Sheet 101 Argyllshire
Castle (In Ruins) (Continued)

are the ruins of a castle. In
"the year 1267 this little demesne
"with it's fortress and some contiguous lands were
"granted by King Alexander III [3rd] to Gilbert McNaughton
"the cheif of that clan" "Old Statl [Statistical] Account'

"On a small island or peninsula at the north end of Lochawe
"stand the ruins of the Castle of Fraoch-Elan a stronghold of
"the McNaughtons" Origines Parochiales"

"Beyond Inishail and farther up the lake is Innes Fraoch or the
"Heather Isle. Here is an ancient castle once the residence of the
"cheif of the McNaughtans. It is a small but strongly built
"fortalice." Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland