Kisimul Castle Western Isles (Outer Hebrides), Scotland, UK
Restored tower house on small islet with curtain wall skirting shoreline. Essentially early-mid 15th century.
Listed Building Description
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Restored tower house on small islet with curtain wall skirting shoreline. Essentially early-mid 15th century. Additions and alterations late 15th-17th century including raising of tower house parapet and of curtain, courtyard buildings at south west built, first record courtyard buildings at north and east curtain altered/raised. Abandoned probably mid 18th century, restored 1938-70 by R.L. MacNeil of Barra (himself an architect). All rubble-built. Tower house almost square-plan with splayed low plinth and crenellated high parapet; curtain parapet similarly treated: original entrance beside tower house blocked, present entrance at west.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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Scheduled 17 January 2001. Scheduling excludes all clearly identifiable 20th Century fabrics.
Listed Building References
© Crown Copyright text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland, reprinted under the Open Government License.
J.G. Dunbar in GLASGOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, vol V, 1978. pp.25-43. (includes comprehensive bibliography) RCAHM INVENTORY, 1928. no. 439. https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/kisimul-castle