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Castle Sween

stone castle on the eastern shore of Loch Sween, Knapdale
TouristAttraction castle Q3174

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
castle, ruins[4]
Owned by
Historic Environment Scotland[6]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Official website
www.historicenvironment.scot[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.948°, -5.665°
Short name
Sween[11]
Associated electoral district
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber[12]
Commissioned by
Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe[5]
Described by source
CastlesFortsBattles[9]
Heritage designation
category A listed building, scheduled monument[10]
Historic county
Argyll[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Argyll and Bute, North Knapdale[1][2]
Operator
Historic Environment Scotland[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Castle Sween en Castle Sweyn en Sween Castle es castillo de Sween fr château de Sween he טירת סווין hi कैसल स्वीन it castello di Sween pt Castelo Sween ru Замок Суин
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Castle Sween - geograph.org.uk - 220264.jpg ↗
Canmore ID
39029
Freebase ID
/m/0h6_nw
GB1900 ID
58eddccf2c66dcf8fa0cd744
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2592055
GeoNames ID
2653546
Google Maps Customer ID
18233303653433018289
Historic Environment Scotland ID
SM90068, LB18389
TripAdvisor ID
14898050
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Castle", "SweenCastle"]
📚 Sources · 1
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20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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Instance of 2
castle, ruins
Associated electoral district 1
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
CastlesFortsBattles
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Historic county 1
Argyll
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Argyll and Bute
Operator 1
Historic Environment Scotland
Owned by 1
Historic Environment Scotland
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Historic Scotland
← DataTrek identifier 1
For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
← Resistance in Belgium ID 1
Werchter
← SNARC ID 1
Posadas
← TDKIV Wikibase ID 1
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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Sween'}
    Operator → Historic Environment Scotland
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Argyll and Bute, North Knapdale
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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