List of castles in Inverclyde

This is a list of castles in Inverclyde.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ardgowan Castle	Tower house	Late 15th century	Ruin	Private	Inverkip	Within grounds of Ardgowan House, also known as Inverkip Castle
Castle Levan	Tower house	14th century	Restored	Private	Gourock	Restored as a residence in the 1980s
Castle Wemyss	Historic house	c. 1850	No remains	n/a	Wemyss Bay	Demolished 1984
Duchal Castle			Ruin
Dunrod Castle			No remains	n/a	Inverkip	See Inverkip
Easter Greenock Castle	Unknown	16th century	No remains	n/a	Greenock	Demolished in the 1830s
Newark Castle	Tower house and adjoining mansion	1478	Intact	Historic Scotland	Port Glasgow	Open to the public
Finlaystone Castle	Tower house	c. 1290	Functional/Livable - Private & Open to Public	Seat of Clan Cunningham & Clan MacMillan	Langbank in County Inverclyde	Extensive gardens enjoyed by Queen Elizabeth II, site of the 1st Protestant Reformed communion service with Rev. John Knox, "Hang out" of poet Robert Burns	"Upon the coast, on a rising ground, is situate the castle of Finlaystone, the seat of the Earl of Glencairn… a noble and great building around a court."

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in Inverclyde

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN   1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN   1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press

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