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Latitude: 55.884 / 55°53'2"N
Longitude: -5.2846 / 5°17'4"W
OS Eastings: 194666
OS Northings: 670530
OS Grid: NR946705
Mapcode National: GBR FFB5.241
Mapcode Global: WH1L9.SCQL
Plus Code: 9C7PVPM8+J5
Entry Name: Castle Asgog
Listing Name: Castle Ascog, by Ascog Loch (Achoire)
Listing Date: 20 July 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344755
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12082
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200344755
Location: Kilfinan
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Cowal
Parish: Kilfinan
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Earlier 15th cent.: Square keep. Random rubble, much
dilapidated. (E. wall destroyed). Roofless. Slit
windows splayed on inside. Interior: Grass-grown floor.
Small chamber with laminated ceiling and moulded
window. Arched alcove at one window.
Stronghold of Lamonts of Ascog until destroyed by
Marquis of Argyll 1646 after a siege.
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