Detail of postern doorway in East curtain wall
SC 359228
Description Detail of postern doorway in East curtain wall
Date 1966
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 359228
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 507
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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