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Detail of inner arches in South curtain wall of Gatehouse, showing groove for portcullis
SC 359237
Description Detail of inner arches in South curtain wall of Gatehouse, showing groove for portcullis
Date 1965
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 359237
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 730
Scope and Content Entrance (looking in) in gatehouse in south wall of Skipness Castle, Knapdale, Argyll Skipness Castle was upgraded to a stone fortress by the Stewart Earls of Menteith, probably when, with John MacDougall of Lorn's help, John Menteith held Knapdale against the MacSweens and the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. The square hole (left) housed a heavy bar which secured the gates. A portcullis slid in the groove. Missiles could be dropped through a murder-hole on anybody attacking it. During the Wars of Independence, Argyll was a war-zone as the English tried to control it by taking sides in local feuds. This blocked any Scottish naval expedition to Ireland, and allowed men and money to be shipped in from the English colonies there. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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