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General view of gatehouse from North
SC 359272
Description General view of gatehouse from North
Date 1965
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 359272
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 725
Scope and Content Gatehouse (looking out) in south wall of Skipness Castle, Knapdale, Argyll Skipness Castle was upgraded to a stone fortress by the Stewart Earls of Menteith, probably when, with John MacDougall of Lorn's help, John Menteith held Knapdale against the MacSweens and the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. The double-arched entrance to the first-floor portcullis-chamber was blocked in the 18th century when the gatehouse was converted to a dovecot. The fragment of an arch to the right of the entrance probably comes from the earlier chapel. During the Wars of Independence, Argyll was a war-zone as the English tried to control it by taking sides in local feuds. This blocked any Scottish naval expedition to Ireland, and allowed men and money to be shipped in from the English colonies there. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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