{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox historic site | image = Duntrune Castle - geograph.org.uk - 4669295.jpg | caption = Duntrune Castle in 2015 | coordinates = {{coord|56.10196|N|5.549273|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Scotland Argyll and Bute | map_caption = Location within Argyll and Bute | designation1 = Category B Listed Building | designation1_offname = Duntrune Castle by Loch Crinan | designation1_date = 20 July 1971 | designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB11496|short=yes}} | designation2 = Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland | designation2_offname = Duntrune Castle | designation2_date = 30 June 1987 | designation2_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=GDL00163|short=yes}} | image_size = 250px }}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->
'''Duntrune Castle''' is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hha.org.uk/Property/1497/Duntrune-Castle |title=Duntrune Castle :: Historic Houses Association |publisher=Hha.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-08-06 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320100543/http://www.hha.org.uk/Property/1497/Duntrune-Castle |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was the seat of the Campbells of Duntroon until 1792. The castle is a category B listed building.<ref name=LBR>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB11496|desc=DUNTRUNE CASTLE BY LOCH CRINAN|cat=B|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>
==History== It was originally built by the MacDougall clan in the 13th century, along with several other castles in the area, including the MacDougall stronghold of Dunollie Castle near Oban. Duntrune Castle was eventually taken by the Clan Campbell, becoming the seat of the Campbells of Duntroon. In the 17th century, the castle was besieged by the rival MacDonalds, under Alasdair Mac Colla.<ref name=rcahms>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=39147 |num2=NR79NE 3 |desc=Duntrune Castle |access-date=20 June 2025|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The Campbells sold Duntrune in 1792, to the Malcolms of Poltalloch. The castle is now owned by Robin Neill Malcolm, current clan chief of the Clan Malcolm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clan-maccallum-malcolm.3acres.org/Duntrune.html |title=Duntrune Castle |accessdate=2010-04-19 |publisher=Clan MacCallum - Malcolm Society of North America |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605011822/http://clan-maccallum-malcolm.3acres.org/Duntrune.html |archivedate=June 5, 2009 }}</ref>
The curtain wall of the castle dates from the 13th century, while the tower house, which forms the main part of the castle, dates from the 17th century.<ref name=rcahms/> The castle was renovated in 1954.<ref name=LBR/>
==Popular culture== The gateposts of Skyfall lodge, James Bond's childhood home in the film of the same name, were modelled after those at Duntrune.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.chrismrogers.net/#/film-building-skyfall-2/4570837934 | title=Chris Rogers writer architecture visual culture}}</ref>
A photograph of Duntrune Castle is part of the original album inner sleeve art of the Blue Öyster Cult album ''Imaginos''.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
==See also== *Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory, a location named after the castle *Robert Campbell (1769–1846), descended from the Campbells of Duntroonthumb|Duntrune Castle in 2006
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==External links== *[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4669.html Gazetteer for Scotland]
Category:Castles in Argyll and Bute Category:Category B listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Category:Listed castles in Scotland Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland Category:Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Argyll and Bute + + Category:Clan Campbell seats