Castle Sween (7)
A view of the south face of the 12th century 'castle of enclosure', with the main entrance and showing the Norman style buttresses.

In the 13th century, control of Argyll and the Isles was in dispute between the King of Norway and the King of Scots.  As part of Scottish efforts to secure control, the MacSweens were replaced as Lords of Knapdale by 1262 by the Stewart Earls of Menteith.  It was the Stewarts that extended the castle westward towards the sea.  They evidently saw a much greater need for garderobes than the MacSweens had!
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