Castle Campbell, view from North-East.

Description Castle Campbell, view from North-East.

Date c. 1928

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 798520

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of CL 9

Scope and Content Castle Campbell, Clackmannan, from north-east This view, from the north-east, taken in the early 20th century, shows the 15th-century tower-house, probably by the 1st Earl of Argyll, to the right, with the 16th-/17th-century east range to its left. Below this is the east wall of the south range, built in the late 15th or early 16th century. Castle Campbell was a house of the Earls of Argyll, who developed it into a gracious residence, as well as a stronghold. It was apparently burned in 1654, but was partly repaired, and remained inhabited until at least the late 19th century. It was given into State care in 1948 and is now open to the public by Historic Scotland. Castle Campbell stands on a promontory between two burns, on the southern slopes of the Ochil Hills, which may have been the site of an earth and timber castle in the 12th century. The present stone castle was built in stages in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Inv. fig. 505

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