Publication drawing. Castle Sween; section B-B1
SC 360788
Description Publication drawing. Castle Sween; section B-B1
Date 1990
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 360788
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 24579
Scope and Content Section (B-B1) cutting through the north-east tower of Castle Sween, Knapdale, Argyll Castle Sween was granted to the MacDonald Lords of the Isles in 1376. From 1440 it was kept for them by the MacNeills, and then, in the early 1470s, by Alexander MacMillan. The castle was forfeited in 1475 and granted to the Campbells. The north-east tower (right) held a ground-floor kitchen. Changes in the stonework (left) suggest that the original curtain wall was remodelled and heightened after 1200. James IV dispossessed the last of the semi-independent - or from the king's perspective, rebellious - MacDonald Lords of the Isles in 1493. The king granted their lands to the Campbell Earl of Argyll who he trusted to control the west coast of Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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