East Tower
Date 27 April 2010
Event ID 914936
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/914936
A folly. Octagonal. Coursers in decorative banding. Corbelled crenellated parapet. Unglazed slit windows. String course. Decorative door- head; 2 shields bearing monograms. Circular interior. Domed ceiling below platform roof. Formerly had turnpike stair. (Ref: Historic Scotland) Raised over a gun battery site, the tower rises over 11m. Four level interior (its circular plan within an octagon recalling staircase towers at Islay House) lit by slit openings, the turnpike stair lost. Above the doorway a two part decorative lintel, carved in relief with Rococo scrolling bears the monograms of DC for Daniel Campbell and GR for Georgius Rex (?) (ref: FA Walker)
