CASTLE SWIEN. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Wikipedia:Castle_Sween is thought to be one of the earliest stone castles built in Scotland, having been built in the late 11th century by a chieftain of Irish descent called Suibhne Ruadh or Sweeney the Red. It guards the mouth of Loch Sween and is set upon a rocky knoll beside a sand beach facing south, in southern Knapdale, Argyll.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion), 1760; Book 2, p. 151 & Book 12, p. 151.
