INVERARY, a parliament town of Scotland, in Argyllshire, seated on Loch-fin in W. Long. 5. 0. N. Lat. 47. 3.—Here is a castle, the principal seat of the dukes of Argyll, chief of the Campbells. It was built by duke Archibald; is quadrangular, with a round tower at each corner; and in the middle rises a square one glazed on every side to give light to the staircase and galleries, which has from without a most disagreeable effect. This castle is built of a coarse lapis ollaris brought from the other side of Loch-fin; and is of the same kind with that found in Norway, of which the king of Denmark's palace is built. The founder of the castle designed to have built a new town on the west side of the little bay on which the house stands: he finished a few houses, a custom-house, and an excellent inn; but his death put a stop to the conclusion of the plan; which, when brought to perfection, will give the place a very different appearance from what it now bears; the old town being composed of the most wretched hovels that can be imagined.
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