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Ardencaple Castle

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Ardencaple Castle
Ardencaple Castle, 1901.
Coordinates56.0091317, -4.7569701

Ardencaple Castle, awso kent as Ardincaple Castle, and sometimes referrt tae as Ardencaple Castle Light, is a leetit biggin, situatit aboot 1 statute mile (1.6 km) frae Eelensburgh, Argyll an Bute, Scotland.[1][2] Today, aw that remrrns o the castle is a touer, perched on the edge o a plateau, looking doun on a flat tract o land atween it an the shore o the Firth o Clyde.[1] The oreeginal castle wis thocht tae haev been built sometime in the 12t century,[1] an pairt o the remeens of the oreeginal castle war said tae haev existed in the 19th century.[1] Today, that sole remeening touer is uised as a navigational aid for shipping on the Firth o Clyde. Because o its uise as a lichthouse the touer haes been cawed Ardencaple Castle Light.[1]

Ardencaple Castle Light. Today the touer is uised as a navigational aid for shipping on the Firth o Clyde. Photo bi Robie Macauley.

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