Scheduled MonumentsScotlandKnockamillie Castle

Knockamillie Castle

Scotland
HES SM4617
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Knockamillie Castle is a sixteenth-century stronghold located in Argyllshire, Scotland. The castle represents a defensive structure of the early modern period, a time when fortified residences remained important to territorial lords in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. The site survives as a ruin and forms part of the archaeological heritage of Argyll, reflecting the military and domestic architecture of clan-based society during the later medieval and early modern era.

Knockamillie Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4617. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Knockamillie Castle?

Knockamillie Castle is a sixteenth-century stronghold located in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4617.

Who is responsible for protecting Knockamillie Castle?

Knockamillie Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4617.

What other scheduled monuments are near Knockamillie Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of (0.6 km), Ardhallow Battery and Defences (2.6 km), Tollard House,rock carvings 60m SSE of (3.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Knockamillie Castle

Knockamillie Castle stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.