Fraoch Eilean Castle

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Fraoch Eilean Castle is a ruined medieval stronghold situated on a small island in Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Label Occurrences
Fraoch Eilean Castle canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
medieval stronghold ⓘ
ruined castle ⓘ
access by boat ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval ⓘ
category Castles in Argyll and Bute ⓘ
Ruined castles in Scotland ⓘ
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Scotland ⓘ
condition ruin ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
elevation low-lying island site ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
hasNameEtymology Fraoch Eilean means "heather island" in Gaelic ⓘ
linked to: “Fraoch Eilean”
hasPart courtyard ⓘ
curtain wall ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
tower ⓘ
hasViewOf Ben Cruachan ⓘ
Loch Awe ⓘ
heritageStatus scheduled monument ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
languageOfName Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn Argyll ⓘ
Argyll and Bute ⓘ
Loch Awe ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
locatedNear Innis Chonnell Castle ⓘ
Kilchurn Castle ⓘ
locatedOn Fraoch Eilean ⓘ
small island in Loch Awe ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Dalmally ⓘ
Lochawe ⓘ
notableFor association with local clans ⓘ
island stronghold location ⓘ
ownedBy Campbells of Glenorchy ⓘ
protectionStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
region Argyll and Bute ⓘ
West Highlands ⓘ
surroundedBy Loch Awe ⓘ
tourism local attraction ⓘ
usedBy Clan Campbell ⓘ
Clan MacNaughton ⓘ
usedFor defence ⓘ
residence ⓘ
waterBody Loch Awe ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Loch Awe → hasCastle → Fraoch Eilean Castle ⓘ
Clan MacNaughton → notableStronghold → Fraoch Eilean Castle ⓘ
Fraoch Eilean → hasRuinsOf → Fraoch Eilean Castle ⓘ