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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CASTLE (Remains of) [Inveruglas Isle] Castle (remains of) M. Martin Esqr. Factor
Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] Macfarlane
Alexander Dewar Schoolmaster
006 The remains of a Castle on Inveruglas Isle formerly the residence of the Chiefs of Clan Macfarlane by one of whom it was built about the end of the 16th Century. A part of the walls now only remain the highest portion of which is the North end which is about 20 feet high. The walls are not thicker than 2½ feet. The length of the building is about 40 feet and the breadth 25. At the North East and South West corners are the remains of spiral staircases in tolerably good condition. A ruin, - apparently an outhouse belonging to the Castle - stands nearly level with the ground on the East side of the island.
INVERUGLAS ISLE Inveruglas Isle
Inveruglas Isle
Inveruglas Isle
M. Martin Esqr. Factor
Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] Macfarlane
Alexander Dewar Schoolmaster
006 A small wooded island in Loch Lomond, near the farm of Upper Inveruglas It contains the remains of a Castle built by a Chief of Clan Macfarlane.

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Co [County] Dumbarton

[Below entry for Castle:]
"For many years the principal stronghold
of the Clanfarlane was a castle situate at
Inveruglas but it was destroyed in Cromwell's
time." (Irving's History)

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Alison James- Moderator, Ann Bray, CorrieBuidhe- Moderator

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