RCAHMS: Exploring Scotland's Heritage - Argyll and the Western Isles, 1985

Date 1985

Event ID 1039063

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Type Project

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Some 78 detailed site descriptions from this publication were entered into Canmore in 2017. The book was a collaboration between the authors M Harman and J N G Ritchie (RCAHMS), the series editor Dr. Anna Ritchie, and other RCAHMS staff, and aimed to provide a thorough introduction to a wide range of monuments (dating from prehistoric to recent times) in a region of Scotland.

Information from HES Survey and Recording (GFG) 22 June 2018

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1018705	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	PUBLICATION ACCOUNT	The St Kilda archipelago consists of the four islands of Hirta, Dun, Soay and Boreray, with associated stacks and islets; it belongs to the National Trust for Scotland and is leased to the Nature Conservancy Council as a National Nature Reserve. A small portion of Hirta is sub-let to the Ministry of Defence. [...]	1985
1018738	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	PUBLICATION ACCOUNT	The outstanding location of Duart Castle, dominating the southern approach to the Sound of Mull and visible by every traveller to Mull and the southern Hebrides, has helped to make Duart one of the classic residences of the Highland chieftain. There is an excellent guidebook to the castle describing its history and the contents of the main rooms; here we shall describe briefly the main architectural features, some of which were masked by the extensive renovations of 1911-12 by Colonel Sir Fitzroy MacLean, 26th Chief of the Clan MacLean. [...]	1985
1018753	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	PUBLICATION ACCOUNT	This magnificent castle, set on an area of no immediately obvious defensive potential, is one of the best preserved early castles in Scotland; Rothesay Bay is an anchorage of some importance, and proximity to the bay has clearly influenced the siting of the castle. Unlike those castles whose shape was largely dictated by local topography, the builders at Rothesay were free to choose the ground plan, and the result is an almost circular castle of enclosure just over 40m in diameter with an entrance to the north and a postern on the western flank. The wall is about 2.5m thick. It is currently suggested that the date of the original castle is in the third quarter of the 12th century. In 1230 the castle was besieged and captured by the Norsemen who had to withstand molten lead and pitch which was poured from the battlements; and it fell again to the Norsemen in 1263 during King Hakon's campaign which culminated in the Battle of Largs. [...]	1985

RCAHMS: Exploring Scotland's Heritage - Argyll and the Western Isles, 1985

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