Detail of North side of Keep, showing cross slit and flanking features at second floor level
SC 359534
Description Detail of North side of Keep, showing cross slit and flanking features at second floor level
Date 1965
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 359534
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 749
Scope and Content Traces of lower parapet in north curtain 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. Remains of crenellations from the original parapet can be seen in the north wall of the 16th-century tower-house. The projecting crenel still contains its original crosslet arrow-loop. Crosslet, or cross-shaped, arrow-loops were rare in Scottish castles. They first appeared in England in the early 13th century. The horizontal slit was probably intended to give an archer a wider field of vision without exposing him to attackers. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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