Dunaverty Castle (13)
In the 16th century the castle was repaired by the crown between 1539 and 1542.  In January 1544, a Commission in Queen Mary's name was given to the captain, constable and keeper of the Castle of Dunaverty, to deliver it with its artillery and ammunition to the Earl of Argyll and in April of that year Argyll received a 12-year tack (lease) of North and South Kintyre, including the castle.  The MacDonalds were clearly no longer to be trusted with it!

The English raided Kintyre and Campbeltown Loch in October 1588 because of the activities of the Clan MacDonald in Ireland.  The Earl of Sussex sailed from Dublin in the 'Mary Willoughby' accompanied by a small fleet and burnt Saddell and Dunaverty Castles, as well as Machrimore (a farm and mill just beyond Southend).  He then continued on his merry way, burning farms on Arran, Bute, and Cumbrae.
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