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Dunderave Castle Detail of carving at East end of main entrance doorway lintel
B 19
Description Dunderave Castle Detail of carving at East end of main entrance doorway lintel
Date c. 1980
Catalogue Number B 19
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 565381
Scope and Content Detail of carving at east end of main lintel at entrance doorway of Dunderave Castle, Argyll and Bute Dunderave Castle, dating to the late 16th century, was a four-storeyed L-plan tower. Occupied until the early 19th century, it then became a roofless shell. In 1911-12 it was restored and extended by Sir Robert Lorimer for Sir Andrew northoble of Ardkinglas. The original doorway to the 16th-century tower is at ground level in the south-east wall of the stair-turret. To the right of the main door lintel is some lightly carved ornament in relief. There is an incomplete circle and to its right, a bird and plant. Some of the carvings around the door may have been reused. Stylistically, their links are with earlier buildings of the 1570s and 80s, such as Blairquhan House, Ayrshire. However, the carving on the main lintel is different in style and may date to 1598. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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