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Skipness; reconstruction drawings of gatehouse

SC 360537

Description Skipness; reconstruction drawings of gatehouse

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 360537

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AGD 81/17

Scope and Content Reconstructed plans and drawings gatehouse of in south wall of Skipness Castle, Knapdale, Argyll Skipness Castle was upgraded to a stone fortress by the Stewart Earls of Menteith, probably when, with John MacDougall of Lorn's help, John Menteith held Knapdale against the MacSweens and the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. The curtain wall projects to support a narrow gatehouse entered from the south-range which would have had a pend for the entrance-passage. The gate was defended by a portcullis and perhaps a murder-hole. During sieges, defenders dropped a variety of things on attackers including: stones; boiling water; perhaps boiling oil (expensive); wasp-nests and bee-hives; slops; and very occasionally, Greek Fire - the extremely costly medieval equivalent of napalm. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/360537

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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