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Detail of postern doorway in East curtain wall
AG 507
Description Detail of postern doorway in East curtain wall
Date 7/1966
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 507
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 359228
Scope and Content Postern-gate in east wall of Skipness Castle, Knapdale, Argyll Skipness Castle was begun before 1261 by the MacSweens, lost to Walter Stewart Earl of Menteith in 1262, inherited by Robert II, then granted to the Lords of the Isles in 1376. On their forfeiture in 1493, it went to the Campbell Earls of Argyll. The postern-gate allowed small parties of soldiers to slip in and out of the castle without opening the main gate. It was probably part of the original walls, but altered in the 16th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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