View from North West of courtyard interior
SC 359535
Description View from North West of courtyard interior
Date 7/1966
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 359535
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 753
Scope and Content South-east corner of courtyard showing remains of 13th-century chapel of 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 three blocked windows on the left of the gate belong to the MacSween chapel. They are narrower versions of the windows in the chamber-block (or hall-house). 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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