Interior-detail of window embrasure in North curtain wall from South
AG 727
Description Interior-detail of window embrasure in North curtain wall from South
Date 1965
Catalogue Number AG 727
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 359273
Scope and Content Inside of window in north wall of old hall-house at Skipness Castle, 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. This north window was originally fitted with shutters. It lit the first floor of the MacSween chamber-block (or hall-house). The embrasure is splayed, which means it widens towards the interior. Until the Scots victory at Largs in 1266, the MacDonald Lords of the Isles supported their overlord, the King of Norway, in his struggle not to lose the Western Isles to the King of Scots. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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