Dunderave Castle Detail of dogtooth carving on frame of main entrance doorway
SC 561270
Description Dunderave Castle Detail of dogtooth carving on frame of main entrance doorway
Date c. 1980
Catalogue Number SC 561270
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17
Scope and Content Detail of dog-tooth carving at main 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 entrance to the 16th-century tower is at ground level in the south-east wall of the stair-turret. The door surround is decorated with dog-tooth ornament set in a hollow between two roll-mouldings. It is possible these carvings were done on top of slightly earlier carvings. Other ornamental work around the doorway seems to have been reused and is of an earlier date than the tower itself. The tower was built by John MacNaughton or his father. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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