General view from North West Pl. 57A
SC 359690
Description General view from North West Pl. 57A
Catalogue Number SC 359690
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 4860
Scope and Content North ramparts of Dunstaffnage Castle, at the mouth of Loch Etive, Argyll Dunstaffnage Castle was built before 1275 by the MacDougall lords of Lorn and taken from them by Robert Bruce after a battle and a siege around 1309. The first Campbell Earl of Argyll became custodian in 1321-2. The ruined north tower (left) belonged to the castellan or keeper. The west tower (right) contained a ground-floor prison. To its left is a blocked 13th-century window with two pointed lights, and then two square windows belonging to the dwelling-house. At the start of the Wars of Independence, Alexander and John MacDougall of Lorn fought for the Scots, so as to feud with the English-backed MacDonald Lords of the Isles. They permanently switched sides when Robert Bruce murdered their kinsman, Red Comyn. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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