Plan of Dunstaffnage Castle at Parapet Level, and Plan of Garret Floor Lorn Inv. fig. 182
SC 360129
Description Plan of Dunstaffnage Castle at Parapet Level, and Plan of Garret Floor Lorn Inv. fig. 182
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 360129
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AGD 9/12
Scope and Content Plan at parapet-level 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. Little of the MacDougall castle survives at this level. However, the outline of the walls, along with that of the Campbell gatehouse (bottom right) has been maintained during successive alterations. 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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