Inveraray Castle, Gate Piers View of gate piers from South West
B 7885
Description Inveraray Castle, Gate Piers View of gate piers from South West
Date 1985
Collection Survey of Private Collections
Catalogue Number B 7885
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 457796
Scope and Content Gate piers at Inveraray Castle, Argyll and Bute Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll, who succeeded to the title in 1743, was responsible for replacing the 15th-century Inveraray Castle with the present castle. He also initiated the removal of the town of Inveraray half a mile south to a new site. The gate piers which flank the entrance to the private gardens from the north-east forecourt were brought from Rosneath Castle (also a property of the Dukes of Argyll) Dunbartonshire, in 1950. They are of fine-grained white sandstone. Each pier consists of a pillar, 0.57m square, with a moulded base standing on a plinth. At the top of the pillar there is a projecting cornice surmounted by a tall urn. The piers date to the mid-/late 18th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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