Minard Castle

Hotel Facts and Information - Minard Castle

• The address and contact details of Minard Castle Hotel

  • Minard Castle
    Minard
    Argyll PA32 8YB
    Scotland

  • Telephone/fax: 44 (0)1546 886272

  • E-mail: reinoldgayre@minardcastle.com

• The hotel location and setting:

  • The Minard Castle Hotel is located in a beautiful Scottish is set amidst 144 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens and forests

  • Nestling on the north-western shore of Loch Fyne

  • Minard is thirteen miles south-west of Inveraray

• Attractions near Minard Hotel:

  • Castles in Argyll

    • Carrick Castle

    • Castle Sween

    • Fincharn Castle

    • Kilchurn Castle

    • Lachlan Castle 

  • Places of interest in Argyll

    • Argyll Forest Park

    • Gare Loch and Faslane Naval Base

    • Kilmartin Glen

    • Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

    • Younger Botanic Garden Benmore

    • Fingal's Cave

• Number of rooms - 83

  • Television & Radio

  • Hairdryer

• General hotel facilities at Minard Hotel:

  • Dining Room

  • Bar

  • 4-star bed & breakfast accommodation

• Sporting Facilities at, or nearby, Minard Castle Hotel:

  • Golf Course - 18-hole golf course

  • Clay pigeon shooting

  • Horse riding

  • Falconry

  • Tennis

  • Archery

  • Fishing on Lough Corrib

• Special Features at the Hotel

  • A Walled Garden

  • Pond

  • Crinodendron hookerianum

  • Christmas Trees

• Weddings at Minard Hotel

  • Romantic Weddings can be arranged at Minard Castle

Scottish Castle Building - Minard Castle
The design and building of Minard Castle was dictated by the architecture and requirements prevalent in the century that the castle was built:

• 11th century castle building instigated by the Normans and started with wooden Motte and Bailey designs, moving on to stone castles

• 12th & 13th centuries - Massive stone Castles

• 14th - The Tower House Castles were introduced

• 15th - L Shape Tower House Castles

• 16th & 17th - Artillery Forts and Garrisons

• S18th, 19th & 20th - Fairytale style romantic castles

It is interesting to discover when the castle was built and which style applied to the building of Minard Castle when you take your holiday or vacation.

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