Cowal

Cowal is a peninsula of wooded hills and sea lochs in western Scotland, bounded by Loch Fyne and the waters of the Firth of Clyde. It was long associated with Clan Lamont, whose strongholds included the castles of Toward and Ascog. In 1646, during the wars that divided Scotland, Campbell forces invaded Lamont lands and besieged both castles. After their surrender, many Lamonts were killed at Dunoon in an episode remembered as the Lamont massacre.