Oblique aerial view.

Description Oblique aerial view.

Date 1981

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 1668743

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of CL 872

Scope and Content Aerial view of Castle Campbell, Clackmannan This aerial view, from the south-south-east, taken in 1981, shows the 15th-century tower at the top right, with the gatehouse to its left, and the east range in front, of late 16th-/early 17th-century construction. The courtyard is completed by the south range, built in the late 15th or early 16th century. Below this are three garden terraces. Castle Campbell was a house of the Earls of Argyll, who developed it into a gracious residence, as well as a stronghold. It was apparently burned in 1654, but was partly repaired, and remained inhabited until at least the late 19th century. It was given into State care in 1948 and is now open to the public by Historic Scotland. Castle Campbell stands on a promontory between two burns, on the southern slopes of the Ochil Hills, which may have been the site of an earth and timber castle in the 12th century. The present stone castle was built in stages in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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