Photograph of drawing showing view from East. Dated '1876'.
SC 366619
Description Photograph of drawing showing view from East. Dated '1876'.
Catalogue Number SC 366619
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AGD 9/8 P
Scope and Content Watercolour showing Dunstaffnage Castle, Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute 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. Painted by W F Lyon in 1876, this watercolour shows the gatehouse of Dunstaffnage Castle from the W. Whilst Lyon shows the castle as ruinous, repair work has been in progress since 1962 when the Government acquired the site and placed it in Guardianship. Until well into the 18th century, Argyll's sea-lanes were more strategically important than its roads. Most trade went by boat, and it was easier to sail on the sea lochs than to march through the mountainous interior where robbery and ambush were common. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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