The final scenes of the new James Bond film are to be shot at Duntrune Castle, near Lochgilphead in Argyll. Patricia Malcolm, who lives in the castle with her husband Robin, said several days of filming would start at the end of February 2012.

The 23rd Bond film, which will be Daniel Craig's third outing as 007, is rumoured to be called Skyfall. It follows the shooting of two other Holywood films - World War Z and Cloud Atlas - in Scotland recently.

Mrs Malcolm said: "They are coming here at the end of February and are going to film for several days. They are using the castle - just the outside - it's going to be used for the end of the film."

AH, Mr Bond we’ve been expecting you. But rather prematurely, it seems. In a surprising plot twist 007 has put the owners of a castle and several businesses in Argyll off his trail.

Just two weeks ago the red carpet was being dusted down when it was reported that part of Skyfall, the 23rd Bond movie, would be filmed at Duntrune Castle. But in a move perhaps designed to throw people off the scent, the production team has now cancelled local hotel bookings and the castle owner has been told to no longer expect the secret agent.

A film crew were awestruck by Scotland's scenery while shooting new Bond movie Skyfall on National Trust for Scotland (NTS) land. Scenes with stars Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench were shot on trust property in Glencoe in the Highlands.

Anna Preuss, NTS's new filming manager, said the crew were "absolutely blown away" by the landscape and red deer stags that appeared during the shoot. Skyfall was one of a number of new movies shot on trust property. Other recent big budget films involving trust-managed locations have included Culross in Fife. It served as a Norwegian town in Captain America: The First Avenger.