Built in the late 12th century as a quadrangular enclosure with buildings on the inside. The towers were added in the 14th and 15th century. It was held by the Stewart earls of Menteith from 1262. After a period in the hands of the MacDonald Lord of the Isles it reverted to the Crown in 1481. It was abandoned in 1645. Map location.
![Castle Sween
Built in the late 12th century as a quadrangular enclosure with buildings on the inside. The towers were added in the 14th and 15th century. It was held by the Stewart earls of Menteith from 1262. After a period in the hands of the MacDonald Lord of the Isles it reverted to the Crown in 1481. It was abandoned in 1645. [url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=171320&Y=678915&A=Y&Z=120/] Map location. [/url]](albums/userpics/10001/normal_Castle_Sween.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Castle Sween
Built in the late 12th century as a quadrangular enclosure with buildings on the inside. The towers were added in the 14th and 15th century. It was held by the Stewart earls of Menteith from 1262. After a period in the hands of the MacDonald Lord of the Isles it reverted to the Crown in 1481. It was abandoned in 1645. [url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=171320&Y=678915&A=Y&Z=120/] Map location. [/url]")
