Dunderave Castle Detail of carved rybat on East jamb of main entrance doorway.
SC 565382
Description Dunderave Castle Detail of carved rybat on East jamb of main entrance doorway.
Catalogue Number SC 565382
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 20
Scope and Content Detail of carving on east jamb of 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 doorway to the 16th-century tower is at ground level in the south-east wall of the stair-turret. To the right and left of the doorway, the top rybats, or dressed stones at the edges of the opening, appear to have formed brackets. This rybat on the right of the doorway is carved in the shape of a triple head. The rybats may have been reused. Stylistically, their links are with earlier buildings of the 1570s and 80s, such as Blairquhan House, Ayrshire. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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