Alternative Names Rosneath
Site type CASTLE
Canmore ID 41432
Site Number NS28SE 11
NGR NS 2707 8223
Council ARGYLL AND BUTE
Parish ROSNEATH
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District DUMBARTON
Former County DUNBARTONSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS28SE 11 2707 8223.

(NS 2707 8223) Rosneath Castle (NR) (Site of)

There is reason to believe that the castle of Rosneath existed as a royal castle before the end of the 12th century. It is said to have been destroyed by Wallace.
Orig Paroch Scot 1850

Rosneath Castle is a small, castellated building situated on the point south of Camsail Bay. The Duke of Argyll enlarged it about 1630.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845

The site how lies within a caravan site. No traces of the building exist.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 January 1963

NS 270 822 This castle is said to have been in existence in the 12th century and to have been destroyed at the end of the 13th century. A building, probably of 17th century and later date, which subsequently occupied the site, was burnt down in 1802.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
NSA 1845; Orig Paroch Scot 1850; I G Lindsay and M Cosh 1973

Battrum's guide to Helensburgh (1865) Battrum's guide to Helensburgh and neighourhood: and Helensburgh and Gareloch directory, Helensburgh
Page(s): 63

Lindsay and Cosh, I G and M (1973) Inveraray and the Dukes of Argyll, Edinburgh
Page(s): 252 Held at RCAHMS D.11.13.INV

NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.8 (Dunbarton), 117 Held at RCAHMS B.2.2.STA

OPS (1851) Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland,, vol.1 Edinburgh
Page(s): 29 Held at RCAHMS C.3.2.BAN

RCAHMS (1978d) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Dumbarton District, Clydebank District, Bearsden and Milngavie District, Strathclyde Region, The archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland series no 3 Edinburgh
Page(s): 17, no.108 Held at RCAHMS A.1.2.ARC(3)