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The next Castle work party is due to take place on Saturday 6 September.  I hope that you will make it along.  A 10.00am start, as usual, and a teabreak later.  And the usual variety of tasks to choose from.  I look forward to seeing you, if you are free to share part of your day with us.

Regards,

Lorna
Lorna Rushton, Secretary, Tarbert Castle Trust (TCT) (Charity No. SC 043056).  Tarbert Castle Trust, c/o William Duncan (Argyll) Ltd., The Old Surgery, School Rd., TARBERT, Argyll, PA29 6UL

We are considering carrying out an exciting new archaeological dig at the Castle  -  probably in Spring 2026.  We want to know whether there is sufficient interest among volunteers to undertake this particular project.

It’s early days yet, but time flies when we're gearing up for such an event, and we can never afford to be complacent about how much preparatory work can be achieved in the months remaining before a projected opening day.

On Sunday 6 July 2025, we had a meeting at the Castle, to gauge interest amongst volunteers in taking part in the dig.  There was a good response; people were enthusiastic and were keen to get involved.  So far, at least twenty-two individuals hope to participate.

It will be a smaller dig than that which we did in 2019 (the major Our Castle of Kings project), but we will still need to raise some funds and obtain various permissions.

The aim of this dig will be to ascertain the position of the outer wall at the Castle's north-west side, i.e. by the harbour.  We are looking at the possibility of there having been another tower in that area.  Exciting!

The archaeologist will be Roddy Regan, who is well known to us, and he will draw up a budget and timescale.  As indicated above, we intend that the dig itself will take place in Spring 2026.

If you might be interested in taking part in the project, please contact me at:-

secretary@tarbertcastle.info

or come along to the next Volunteer Work Party, starting at 10.00 a.m. up at the Castle Orchard.  These work parties are held on the first Saturday of each month, and the next one will be on Saturday 2 August 2025.

Regards,

Lorna
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Lorna Rushton
Secretary Tarbert Castle Trust (TCT)
(Charity No. SC 043056)

We are very pleased to announce the publication, here on our website, of two new reports written by our professional and esteemed archeologist Roddy Regan.

The first of these is "Looking for Tarbert Peel; an archaeological Investigation of a small structure near West Loch Tarbert Argyll", which is available here.

 The second document is Roddy's "A Chronology of Tarbert Castle and the Lordship of Knapdale" which can be viewed here.

They make for fascinating reading.  We thank Roddy for all his hard work in producing these reports.

The following documents, resulting from the abovementioned major project, are viewable on this website.  Click on a document title to view.  Alternatively, use Menu to navigate to "Resources", and from there to "Reports, etc.".
 
> Final Report (Published 26 Mar 2025, at Vol. 109 (2025): Tarbert Castle, Argyll: Community Excavations at a Royal Castle of Robert I | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports)

> Final (Castle) Funder Report & Evaluation for the project's principal funder Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland

> Final (Castle) Education Report (2019-2020)

> Detailed (Castle) project design (November 2018)

> Community excavation (Bruce Hill) data structure report (September 2018)

> Desk-based (Castle) historical investigation and non-invasive survey (August 2013)

Hello Everyone,

Note: Our work parties take place on the first Saturday of each month.
Meet at 10.00 am at the Castle Orchard.
All are welcome to pay us a visit.
No prior experience necessary.
Just turn up on the day.  Or, for further information, contact me.

Regards
Lorna Rushton
Secretary, Tarbert Castle Trust
secretary@tarbertcastle.info

Tarbert Castle Trust (TCT)
c/o William Duncan (Argyll) Ltd
The Old Surgery
School Road
TARBERT
Argyll
PA29 6UL
(Charity No. SC 043056)

Scroll down this page  -  to Welcome To Our New Video  -  to view our spectacular footage, selected to promote not-for-profit organisations in the village of Tarbert.  We, at Tarbert Castle Trust, worked with Tarbert (Loch Fyne) Harbour Authority (THA) as partners in the preparation of the film.  It's brilliant.

Our latest (i.e. Summer 2024) Newsletter.  Read it here.  And, more newsletters here.

Tarbert Loch Fyne video: All rights reserved ©flyingscotscam 2022
www.flyingscotscam.org

This year's Annual General Meeting of Tarbert Castle Trust (TCT) was held on

Wednesday 13th November 2024 at TALC*

immediately following the same evening's Tarbert and Skipness Community Trust AGM.

(*Templar Arts & Leisure Centre, Harbour St., Tarbert, Argyll, PA29 6UD)

For further information, contact:

Lorna Rushton
Secretary Tarbert Castle Trust (TCT)
secretary@tarbertcastle.info
(Charity No. SC 043056)

c/o William Duncan (Argyll) Ltd
The Old Surgery
Schol Road
Tarbert
Argyll
PA29 6UL

Click here for details.

The final report on this project  -  which we branded "Our Castle of Kings"  -  has been produced by our archaeologist Roddy Regan, and can be viewed here (.pdf, 10.5MB).

It's a fascinating document.  Read it, and see our much-loved ancient monument in a new light.

Click here for details.