Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
By:  Brian C. Mack
Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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DUNURE
CASTLE

DUNURE
CASTLE

Dunure Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1200s
Associated Clans / Families:
Kennedy
 

Dunure Castle originated as a keep in the 13^th century, which was expanded and fortified in the 15^th and 16^th centuries.  By 1696 it was in ruin.  The castle was the ancestral home of the Kennedy’s of Carrick, who ruled over much of southwestern Scotland.  The painting draws on a 2008 view.

Pictured

Dunure Castle  10" x 20" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

 Webs of Betrayal

A Legend of Dunure Castle

. . .  The Hall, dark and cold, mirrors his own heart; the castle servants try to steer clear of both.  Most people, in fact, got to great lengths to avoid this lord, otherwise known as Gilbert Kennedy.  Critical and manipulative, subject to fits of rage, he is the worst of company.  Any charm his character once possessed has long since been displaced by madness. . . .

Dunure Castle is included in the Lowlands Map.

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 Castles & Clans:
Scottish Lowlands

                                            
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