Carnasserie Castle. Detail of South wall parapet details on main tower.
SC 359828
Description Carnasserie Castle. Detail of South wall parapet details on main tower.
Catalogue Number SC 359828
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 7649
Scope and Content Parapet of main tower of Carnassarie Castle, overlooking Kilmartin valley, Argyll Carnassarie Castle was built in 1565-72 by John Carswell, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, on the land of his patron, the Earl of Argyll. In 1643, the feudal overlord, the Marquis of Argyll, granted it to the Campbells of Auchenbreck. This is the surviving portion of the parapet of the main tower. The parapet wall rests on corbeling so that it overhangs the wall beneath. To the right is the remains of one of the projecting angle-turrets. John Carswell was Rector of Kilmartin and, from 1567, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles. He was responsible for producing the 'Book of Common Order', also known as Knox's 'Liturgy' - the first book printed in Scots Gaelic. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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