• ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel (SM13225)". Retrieved 28 July 2020. ^ HMC 4th Report (London, 1874), p. 477.
  • Skipness Castle is one of the oldest standing castles in Scotland. The castle grounds are accessible to the public all year round.
  • In 1263AD Skipness Castle was surrendered to the MacDonalds, with the Norsemen withdrawing to Orkney in the east.
  • Skipness Castle dates to the early 1200s and was built by Clan MacSween. It was rebuilt several times over three different centuries, and as such it offers a...
  • There is nothing I like better than exploring a castle ruin however in the case of Skipness, the journey getting there aside, this doesn’t take much time.
  • Skipness Castle is an early 13th century castle standing on the North east coast of the Kintyre peninsula, looking across Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran.
  • Skipness Castle. Collapse map legend. ... Walk to Skipness Castle. To navigate, press the arrow keys. Made with Google My Maps.
  • A charter of 1261 shows that the place of Skipness was then in the hands of Dugald MacSween, son of the Sween who built Castle Sween.
  • Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll granted Skipness to his younger son Archibald Campbell in 1511. Skipness Castle, Kintyre Photo © Otter, 25 April 2008.