Skipness Castle, Kintyre
Photo © Martin McCarthy, 21 May 2006
Skipness Castle, Kintyre
Photo © SeaDave, 7 June 2009
Skipness Castle, Kintyre
Photo © emperley3, 15 June 2006
Skipness Castle, Kintyre Photo © Martin McCarthy, 21 May 2006 |
Skipness Castle, Kintyre Photo © SeaDave, 7 June 2009 |
Skipness Castle, Kintyre Photo © emperley3, 15 June 2006 |
Skipness Castle stands on the east side of the Kintyre Peninusla in Scotland near the village of Skipness.
The main structure of the castle was built in the early 1200s by the Clan MacSween with later fortifications and other additions made to the castle through the 13th, 14th and 16th centuries.
The castle was garrioned with a royal troops in 1494 during King James IV of Scotland's suppression of the Isles. Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll granted Skipness to his younger son Archibald Campbell in 1511.
 Skipness Castle, Kintyre Photo © Otter, 25 April 2008 |
 Skipness Castle, Kintyre Photo © Ingo Wölbern, 22 August 2007 |
During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1646, the castle was seiged by forces under the command of Alasdair Mac Colla. During the siege, Alasdair's brother, Gilleasbuig Mac Colla, was killed in August 1646.
The castle was abandoned in the 17th century.
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