Carnasserie Castle, interior. Detail of gun ports in North-East re-entrant angle.
SC 359833
Description Carnasserie Castle, interior. Detail of gun ports in North-East re-entrant angle.
Catalogue Number SC 359833
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 7658
Scope and Content Gun-ports in angle or re-entrent at base 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 angle between the main tower and the north wall of the chamber-range. The left-hand port covered the base of the north wall, and allowed the defender a clear shot at the backs of attackers at the main entrance in the base of the stair-tower op In 1685, 600 royalists stormed Carnassarie Castle after it was 'blown up by treachery'. They are said to have ignored its subsequent surrender, wounded twenty defenders, killed the laird's uncle, driven off 60 horses, and left the castle in ashes. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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