. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 72.—Ardtornish Castle, from the West. of Ardtornish has doubtless closely resembled that of Duart, but it doesnot appear to have ever been attached to a wall of enceinte like thelatter. Ardtornish was the castle of the first Lord of the Isles, and wasprobably built by him in the fourteenth century. He died there in 1380,and was buried with great splendour at lona. In 1461 the Earl of Ross(who was also Lord of the Isles) assumed the position of an independentprince, and entered into negotia
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 72.—Ardtornish Castle, from the West. of Ardtornish has doubtless closely resembled that of Duart, but it doesnot appear to have ever been attached to a wall of enceinte like thelatter. Ardtornish was the castle of the first Lord of the Isles, and wasprobably built by him in the fourteenth century. He died there in 1380,and was buried with great splendour at lona. In 1461 the Earl of Ross(who was also Lord of the Isles) assumed the position of an independentprince, and entered into negotiations with Edward iv. of England for anattack upon Scotland. It was at this castle of Ardtornish that theformer called a council of his chiefs, when he granted a commission likea sovereign ruler to two of his kinsmen to confer with the deputies ofKing Edward. SECOND PERIOD — 124 ARDTORNISH CASTLE. KILDONAN CASTLE — 125 — SECOND PERIOD AROS CASTLE, Mull, Argyllshire. A fragmentary ruin of what once was a powerful castle of the Lordof the Isles. It stands on a high basaltic plateau, which forms a pro-montory on the south shore of the Sound of Mull, and shelters a bay ornatural harbour. The site is near the centre of the Sound where it bends,so that the fortress commands a clear view both up and down the advantages of this situation led to its being early secured as a placeof defence. It was possibly at first a castle with a wall of enceintesurrounding the plateau, but if so that wall has now disappeared. The
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