The Old Wing at Drumhead Castle

The Old Wing at Drumhead Castle Stunning 18th Century Cottage - the old wing of an historic castle
in beautiful surroundings. The perfect base to explore the beautiful west coast of Scotland.
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Close to Loch Lomond and 30 minutes from Glasgow airport. Drumhead Castle is a baronial mansion in Argyll that was built on the site of fortified ruins. It is situated in ancient woodland on the edge of Loch Lomond National Park with lovely views to the west coast of Scotland. Archibald Buchanan built a house here, now the old wing of the castle, in 1700. He handed this down to his son-in-law Mr D

unlop at the wedding of his only daughter, on the insistence that their name be continued as Buchanan-Dunlop. The Buchanan-Dunlops were a family of wealthy merchants and went on to build the grand late Georgian wing of Drumhead Castle in the first half of the 19th Century. It was Major Buchanan-Dunlop who was reprimanded for his famous Christmas Day game of football with the Germans during the First World War. In the Second World War Drumhead Castle became an officers HQ for a major gun battery protecting the Clyde. A German bomb narrowly missed the castle and damaged an ancient oak tree, creating a crater still visible in the paddock near the house.

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Drumhead Wedding Venue

Historic Castle Wedding Venue in beautiful surroundings. House available to rent for weddings of up to 80, with grounds available to accommodate marquees.

Drumhead Castle is a baronial mansion in Argyll that was built on the site of fortified ruins. It is situated in ancient woodland on the edge of Loch Lomond National Park with lovely views to the west coast of Scotland.

Archibald Buchanan built a house here, now the north wing of the castle, in the 18th Century. He handed this down to his son-in-law Mr Dunlop at the wedding of his only daughter, on the insistence that their name be continued as Buchanan-Dunlop. The Buchanan-Dunlops became successful silk merchants and went on to build the grand, Baronial wing of Drumhead Castle in the early 1900s.

It was Major Buchanan-Dunlop who was reprimanded for his famous Christmas Day game of football with the Germans during the First World War. In the Second World War Drumhead Castle became an officers HQ for a major gun battery protecting the Clyde. The Castle narrowly missed a German bomb which damaged an ancient oak tree and created a 10m crater in the paddock beside the main house.

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