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circular flanking towers at the angles. Buildings of all 

 periods and of various kinds, including a chapel, have been 

 added ; the whole is surrounded by a ditch or moat, now dry. 



The main features of this fine ruin are fast becoming 

 undistinguishable from the abundant growth of ivy rapidly 

 spreading over the walls. There are some curious objects 

 exhibited in connection with the castle ; among others an 

 early tombstone of a Runic type, with the characteristic 

 interlaced knot- work, and some carved figures introduced. 



Kames Castle, formerly the seat of the Bannatynes of 

 Kames, consists of a single tower, probably early fifteenth 

 century work, to which a modern house has been added iu 

 front. The lower floors of the tower are strongly vaulted 

 in stone, and the walls are of great thickness. Wester 

 Kames, not far from the last-named castle, consists of a small 

 tower in ruins, with a bartizan on the angle. It is of late 

 date, and has never been a place of any importance. 



Kilmorie Castle was the residence of the Jamiesons, the 

 coroners of Bute in the seventeenth century. A small single 

 round tower, pierced with one loophole, and some fragments 

 of flank walls, against which is a modern farm house, are 

 all that now remain. 



Domestic Remains. 



149. Kelspoke Castle, situated at the south of the island 

 on a commanding height S. of the limestone quarry, has been 

 rather a fortified house of late date than what is usually 

 understood by the term castle. The plan of a good part of 

 the buildings can still be traced, as the walls are at some 

 places breast high. There is nothing, however, of a character 

 to determine the exact date. 



There is an old house in Eothesay, built in 1680, and 

 which the Bute family occupied whilst their mansion at 

 Mount Stuart was being erected. It is a very good example 

 of the Scotch town house of the period ; having a porch of 



