• Skipness Castle is located in Argyll and Bute. ... Skipness Castle stands on the east side of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, near the village of Skipness.
  • The journey to Skipness Castle adds to the allure...you travel down a small coastal road, past wee villages of twenty people, pass vast fields of wildflowers...
  • A charter of 1261 shows that the place of Skipness was then in the hands of Dugald MacSween, son of the Sween who built Castle Sween.
  • Skipness Castle was abandoned at the end of the 17th century, then being used as a farm steading with the demolishing of the early courtyard buildings.
  • Approaching Skipness Castle is an experience in itself as the drive along Skipness beachfront is lovely, and you get to enjoy the exquisite surrounding scenery.
  • In 1898 the laird and the process of restoration commenced removing the farm buildings. Skipness Castle is located near Skipness, in the Kintyre peninsula.
  • Skipness Castle is one of the oldest standing castles in Scotland. The castle grounds are accessible to the public all year round.
  • In the absence of any obvious parking we pulled up at the Skipness Seafood Cabin which neighbours the Castle and was busy at the time.
  • An overview of Skipness Castle and Chapel, a monument demonstrating the changes in architectural form in Scottish Castles between the 1200s and 1500s.
  • Skipness Castle is an early 13th century castle standing on the North east coast of the Kintyre peninsula, looking across Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran.