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Kilchurn

The Castle, the rock and the trees
Kilchurn Castle
by Damon Finlay

Nice crisp winters morning at Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle. First time I've managed to get out in all of December, on a trip with some friends, Loch Awe was the first stop of the day.

Looking down Loch Awe from Kilchurn Castle
View from Kilchurn Castle
by The Jacobite

Looking down Loch Awe from Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Tree
Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle and tree post sunrise.

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Transitory
Kilchurn Castle

A fleeting visit and fleeting light at Kilchurn Castle on the way back home from a tour of Skye and Glencoe.

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The Kilchurn Tree
Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle and tree post sunrise.

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Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe. Scotland.
Kilchurn Castle
by The Jacobite

One of the most photographed castles in Scotland and so difficult to get a different perspective on it, this is my latest, through the morning mist.

Standing at the head of Loch Awe on what is today a low, rocky mound, but which, in medieval times, was an island, Kilchurn Castle was built, probably, around 1440 by Margaret, wife of Sir Colin Campbell, first Laird of Glenorchy. This original 5-storey keep, later extensively improved and extended, was to be well-tested in battle it was used to garrison Hanoverian troops in the tumultuous days of the Jacobite Risings.

Kilchurn Castle
Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe on a sunny and misty morning

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Kilchurn Castle Tree
Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle and tree post sunrise.

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Through the trees
Kilchurn Castle

Through the trees - The supremely beautiful ruins of Kilchurn Castle catching the early light of dawn, seen through a cluster of trees on the...

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Kilchurn Tree
Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle and tree post sunrise.

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As time passes by . . .
Kilchurn Castle
by Pete Rowbottom

Kilchurn Castle at dawn is a great place to be, you may not get an amazing sunrise but what you will pretty much always get is a dramatic scene, the mist and cloud often roll over the loch and the mountains to the rear until the sun rises and burns all the mist away, had this place entirely to myself this morning which can be unusual as anglers often camp here on the shores, the castle was shrouded in mist at first so it was a case of setting up and waiting for a break, the water was really still so with that in mind I didn't do too much with the foreground rocks as I've shot that before and there would be no garuantee of the same conditions again, so I'd use the mirrored reflections for that instead, and a longer exposure to drag the clouds along.

The morning wasa great one to just stand about taking the odd image and just watching the scene unfold hence the title of the image, I wild camped near to here in a great little spot a few weeks ago myself and the peace and quiet is fantastic, on the occassion I came here for dawn again and although the conditions weren't great I did see my first Osprey catching a fish in the loch, amazing well and worth getting up for!

Nobody knows exactly how many sunrises this castle has seen in it's time, but being built sometime in the 1400's it's more than I will ever see.

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Kilchurn castle, Lochawe, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilchurn Castle
by Giuseppe Milo

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Tugging at my heartstrings
Kilchurn Castle

This is a view of Kilchurn Castle at the Northern edge of Loch Awe in Scotland. It was a sunset that never really happened but the location and the...

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Kilchurn Castle From Behind the Mossy Wall
Kilchurn Castle

Another view of Kilchurn Castle across the mirror-still surface of Loch Awe on a perfectly still, Autumn afternoon.

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Golden Threads
Kilchurn Castle

I'm just back from a week in Scotland. Every previous time I've been North of the border I tend to have a great deal of trouble sorting through...

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Kilchurn Castle Between The Trees
Kilchurn Castle

A glimpse of the ruins of Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Scotland glimpsed through a stand of trees.

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Kilchurn!
Most notably Damon Finlay, The Jacobite and Giuseppe Milo.