Duntrune Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Castle.

Duntrune Castle

WRENN ID
cold-latch-sorrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Castle
OS grid reference
NR 793 955
Coordinates
56.10184, -5.54932
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Duntrune Castle, built around 1600, incorporates some walls from a 13th century castle. This traditional L-plan structure has two storeys and attics. It is constructed of rubble with gabled slate roofs and features dormers and crow-steps. A turnpike stair is located in the re-entrant angles, providing access to the entrance. The interior has been modernised, with a vaulted ground floor. The high curtain wall, dating back to the 13th century, is crenellated and displays a coat of arms dated '1851' above the door.

Local climate

Duntrune Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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