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Aerial view of Skipness Castle and Skipness House, from the East.

SC 1683282

Description Aerial view of Skipness Castle and Skipness House, from the East.

Date 1984

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 1683282

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 65363

Scope and Content Aerial view of Skipness Castle showing, Knapdale, Argyll In 1261, Skipness Castle belonged to the MacSweens of Knapdale, vassals of the Lords of the Isles. In 1262, they were forced to grant Knapdale to the king's ally, Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith. They subsequently became Irish landowners and mercenaries. The castle occupies a strategic position overlooking the confluence of Kilbrannan Sound, Loch Fyne and the Sound of Bute. Its name comes from the Norse word 'skip' for ship and 'ness' for headland. Until well into the 18th century, Argyll's sea-lanes were more strategically important than its roads. Most trade went by boat, and it was easier to sail on the sea lochs than to march through the mountainous interior where armies were easily ambushed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 177) RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Sub-Group Level (551 177/9) 1984 Photographs

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