Dunollie Castle

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Dunollie Castle

Dunollie Castle is a ruined castle northwest of the Scottish town of Oban. It is located on the banks of the Firth of Lorne arm of the sea. 1971 Dunollie Castle was inducted into the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A.

History

The castle today preserved as ruins probably dates from the early 15th century. She was a fortress MacDougall of MacDougall, who extended it in the 16th century. 1647 Dunollie Castle was besieged unsuccessfully by Covenanters. Iain Ciar, 22 of Dunollie gave up the castle in 1715. Later use of the walls is not listed.

In 1978, the site of an archaeological investigation has been subjected. These predecessors of today's Dunollie Castle were investigated. The earliest located at this location fortress building has been dated to the 7th- 8th century. Another fortress is estimated to be the 13th century.

Description

The ruin is situated on a rocky hill. It consists of lehmverfugtem quarry stone and includes a tower that encloses a courtyard. The tower stands in the northeast corner of a fortified farm, which occupies the top of the hill, along with other fortifications. It consists of four floors, with one room on the ground floor and is accessed via an entrance in the west wall. The tower once completed with a crenellated parapet, which is today largely forfeited. The fortification wall of the square courtyard with a side length of 24.4 m has on the defense tactically significant northeast side to a thickness of 2.3 m. On other pages it is, however, only powerful between 60 cm and 150 cm. The entrance was in the East. Another gate recent was in the north, but was then sealed with a wall. The outer wall has largely collapsed. Only on the northeast side it is obtained or up to a height of 4.6 m on average. There is evidence that, along the walls once more buildings were arranged.