Kilchurn

The last day of the old year he spent with Lord Loch-awe, in Kilchurn Castle; and after a bounteous feast, in which lord and vassal joined, according to the custom of the country, the whole family sat up the night to hail the coming in of the new season.

The Scottish Chiefs 1875

Last Sunday, from Loch Fyne, we all took our lunchtime sandwiches to Kilchurn Castle.

Archive 2009-01-01 Jean 2009

We had spent the greater part of the morning at the delightful village of Dalmally, and had gone upon the lake under the guidance of the excellent clergyman who was then incumbent at Glenorquhy, 29 and had heard a hundred legends of the stern chiefs of Loch Awe, Duncan with the thrum bonnet, and the other lords of the now mouldering towers of Kilchurn.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

My husband had proposed to show me Kilchurn Castle, which he was going to sketch, and we started early after the first light breakfast, with Thursday to manage the sails.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

In the far distance the dark ruin of Kilchurn was reduced almost to insignificance by its background of rugged hills towering into the clouds.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

There is a big hotel, they tell me, just opposite Kilchurn, from which place, by express train, you can get to Edinburgh in four hours.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

He counselled him, as the leading measure to circumvent the treason of Scotland's enemies, to go immediately to Kilchurn Castle, where he knew resources would be; for Loch-awe, who retired thither on the last approach of De Warenne, meaning to call out his vassals for that emergency, needed it not then; for the battle of Dalkeith was fought and gained before they could leave their heights, and the victor did not want them afterwards.

The Scottish Chiefs 1875

In ten minutes afterwards he entered the hall of Kilchurn Castle.

The Scottish Chiefs 1875

My husband had proposed to show me Kilchurn Castle, which he was going to sketch, and we started early after the first light breakfast, with Thursday to manage the sails.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864

In the far distance the dark ruin of Kilchurn was reduced almost to insignificance by its background of rugged hills towering into the clouds.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864