Old Castle Lachlan On Visit To Loch Fyne Argyll And Bute Scotland

Tour Scotland wee travel video, with Scottish music, of Old Castle Lachlan, also known as Castle Lachlan, a ruined 15th century castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the shore of Loch Fyne, within the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute. It was probably built by Clan Maclachlan on lands first recorded in 1314 as " Castlelachlan ". Nothing remains of thate original fourteenth century castle. Instead, the enclosure of Old Castle Lachlan appears to date to the early fifteenth century, whilst the internal buildings seem to date to the later part of the century. The castle remained a residence of the clan's chiefs until New Castle Lachlan was built as a replacement in 1790. The surname lachlan was first found in Argyllshire, Gaelic erra Ghaidheal, the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, where this Clan first settled in Scotland in 1100 when Lachlan was heir of Fergus, Lord of Galloway. In 1238, a charter recorded Lachlan Mor's father increasing the endowment to Paisley Abbey. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Lachlainn, denoting the son of Lachlann. Lachlan Mor, a great Chief who lived by Loch Fyne in the thirteenth century, is the Clan founder, though the legend of descent from the ancient Gaelic King, Niall of the Nine Hostages, who reigned in 400 AD, offers some clues as to the clan's early origins. Lochlann, in old Gaelic means literally, Norway, and was the favorite Christian name of the royal house of O'Neill in Northern Ireland, a house descended from Niall of the Nine hostages, and said to be the family with the oldest history in Europe. A branch of the O'Neill's took the surname MacLochlain and soon became rival Kings to the O'Neills. King Brian O'Neill slew the last King Domnall MacLochlainn. His son Anrothan, who was ancestor of the MacLachlans in Scotland, married the daughter of the King of Scots, thereby gaining the inheritance of Cowall and Knapdale in Scotland. Anrothan MacLachlan was progenitor of the MacLachlans of Strathlachlan, the Lamonts, the Lyons, the MacSorleys, the MacEwans, and the MacMillans. It was in the mid-twelfth century that each of these branches separated into distinct entities. Clan Maclachlan is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan took part in the Jacobite risings as loyal supporters of the Stuart kings of Scotland. The seventeenth chief of the clan was killed in the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Following the Jacobite defeat, a Government warship is said to have damaged the clan seat of old Castle Lachlan. The name lachlan include many spelling variations including; MacLachlan, Lachlan, MacLachlane, McGlothan, McGlothin, MacLauchlan, MacLauchlane, MacLauchlin, MacLaughlin, Lauchlan and many more. William Lachlan arrived in Pennsylvania, America, in 1847. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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