Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Castle Campbell

Castle Campbell, old fortress of the Argyll family, in par. and 1 mile N. of Dollar, Clackmannanshire; from its situation, on a high and almost insulated rock, surrounded by hills thickly covered with forest trees, it was also called "The Castle of Gloom".


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "old fortress"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Dollar ScoP       Clackmannanshire ScoCnty
Place: Castle Campbell

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