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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ROTHESAY CASTLE (In Ruins) | Rothesay Castle (In Ruins) Rothesay Castle (In Ruins) Rothesay Castle (In Ruins) Rothesay Castle (In Ruins) Rothesay Castle (In Ruins) |
Mr. Wilson Town Clerk William Muir Esqr. Mr. McKindy Mr. Hunter Old Stat. [Statistical] Account Fullarton's Gazeteer |
204.06 | The ruins of a fine old Castle situated nearly in the centre of the town. It appears to have been a place of great strength, its remains consists of a court nearly circular, surrounded by a high wall about 8 feet in thickness and which formerly had 4 round towers upon the flanks at nearly equal distances, 3 of which still exist, but in a ruinous state. |
| PALACE (Remains of) [Rothesay Castle] | 204.06 | On the north side between 2 of the towers, projects the palace a considerable building which was 3 stories in height exclusive of a subterranean dungeon. On the north end is a door having the Royal arms placed over it, cut in stone, from this door to another on the south end, entering the castle is a vaulted apartment or passage, and on the left side of which are to be seen the porters closet, the trap door of the dungeon, a staircase and a cellar. On the opposite side near the door is a niche for the watch dog, | ||
| POSTERN [Rothesay Castle] | 204.06 | and beyond is the postern gate leading to the terrace on the out side of the walls. This gate or door is the present entrance to the Castle. Continued on next page |
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[Page] 45"The Royal Castle of Rothesay which
consists of a circular court flanked by
4 round towers and a building erected
by King Robert II projecting betwixt 2 of
them on the north east side. The whole
Surrounded by a wet ditch. It was burnt
during the Civil Wars in 1686, till which
time it had been the residence of the Bute
family" New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] page 103 "
Rothesay Castle, now a noble ruin was probably
one of those erected by Magnus Barefoot, King of
Norway in 1098 to secure his conquest of the western
islands of Scotland." New Stat [Statistical] Account.
"The Castle of Rothesay consists of a circular
Court with four Round towers of great strength
& of unknown antiquity, & of a more modern building
erected on the north east between two of the towers
by King Robert II or III, the whole surrounded with
a moat. It appears in record in the year 1228,
when Olave, Prince of Skye, accompanied by
Haco Ospae a Norwegian prince, came from
Norway to Bute and laid siege to the principal
fortress of the island, where Haco Ospae was killed
by a stone thrown from the wall. In 1263 during
the expedition of King Haco, the Norwegians
educed a fortress in Bute, which, though not
named, was most probably the Castle of Rothesay"
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