Interior-detail of window embrasure in East wall of first floor apartment in Gatehouse Pl. 58D
AG 4532
Description Interior-detail of window embrasure in East wall of first floor apartment in Gatehouse Pl. 58D
Date 1971
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 4532
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 359669
Scope and Content First-floor west window embrasure of gatehouse of Dunstaffnage Castle, at the mouth of Loch Etive, Argyll Dunstaffnage Castle passed to the Campbell Earls of Argyll in 1469-70 and was held for them by hereditary Captains, their kinsmen, the Campbells of Dunstaffnage. The castle was a pro-government stronghold until the 9th Earl's failed rebellion in 1685. The gatehouse was remodelled by the Campbells around 1500. However, the first-floor interior dates from 16th century, including this embrasure. The window itself may have been rebuilt in the 17th century. The Campbell Earls of Argyll were built up by the Stewart kings of Scotland in order to undermine, and then replace, the local power of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles who were finally dispossessed in 1493. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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