General view of North West corner of interior courtyard
SC 359258
Description General view of North West corner of interior courtyard
Date 1965
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 359258
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 736
Scope and Content North-west corner of courtyard showing chamber-block (of 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. The north-west corner of the curtain wall contains parts of an earlier three-storeyed building, a chamber-block (or hall-house). The doorway in the angle leads to a garderobe. The gateway is post-medieval. Before 1250, castles usually had a wooden hall for feasts and public occasions, and a separate two-storeyed stone chamber-block for the lord's family. After 1250, it became fashionable to build the two side-by-side in a single block. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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