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4 DAVID'S TOWER
Deep beneath the Half Moon Battery lies David's Tower, built as a fancy residence for
David II in 1371. Badly damaged in the siege of 1573, the tower became hidden in the
foundations for the new battery, and was only rediscovered in 1912. The Honours of
Scotland spent much of WWII here, hidden down a medieval loo!
5 CASTLE VAULTS
In 1720 21 pirates captured in Argyll were thrown into the castle dungeons. They had
all sailed with one of the most infamous pirate captains of the Caribbean, 'Black Bart'
Roberts. The following decades saw a busy time for this state prison, which was
stuffed full of prisoners from the wars with America and France. The reconstructed
cells allow you to experience something of the squalor!
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