5616 x 3737 px | 47,5 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
19 aprile 2008
Ubicazione:
River Aros, Salen, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland. United Kingdom.
Altre informazioni:
Aros Castle is a 13th century stone rectangular hall house and courtyard fortress, founded by the MacDougalls of Lorn. Of two storeys and an attic, the hall stands on the north-west angle of a flat-topped promontory, with steep slopes down to the beach. It commands the irregularly shaped walled courtyard and the northern landward approach across the ditch and outer bank, down to a gateway in the west wall. In the early 14th century, 'Dounarwyse' was in the possession of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles and in the late 17th century, it was garrisoned by Argylls troops. But in 1688 the castle was described as, 'ruinous, old, useless and never of any strength'. The house is buried by masonry to first floor level and projecting from the north wall, are the remaining walls of a turret.
