Dunivaig Castle, Islay
Artillery Fortification (17th Century)
Site Name Dunivaig Castle, Islay
Classification Artillery Fortification (17th Century)
Canmore ID 377420
Site Number NR44NW 76
NGR NR 40746 45655
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/377420
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kildalton And Oa
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (August 1976)
Descriptions of the siege of February 1615 refer to the preparation of an artillery platform and adjacent trenches placed 'in the moist commodious pairts round abowt the castell so as thair was no hoip for the rebelles to eshaipe the land' (en.10). Over 200m ENE of the castle there is a large rectangular and partly scarped platform which dominates the landward approaches to the castle and is now partly occupied by a modern house. Early editions of the OS map show that the platform preceded the construction of this house, and it may have originated at the time of the 1615 siege, this site lying well within the range of the ordnance employed on that occasion.
RCAHMS 1984, visited August 1976
