The seal matrix of Sir John Campbell and the struggle for Dunyvaig Castle on the Isle of Islay. (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mithen, Steven; Maričević, Darko; Regan, Roddy
• Is Part Of: Antiquity. Volume 94:Number 374(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: Scotland, -- Hebrides, -- post-medieval, -- seal matrix; Archaeology -- Periodicals; Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.05
• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2020.15
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-598X

Abstract

Abstract: Abstract : The great feud between the clans Campbell and MacDonald in the early seventeenth century AD was part of a power struggle for control of Islay, the seat of the Lord of the Isles, and encompassed wider political, economic and religious change in the region and beyond from the sixteenth century. The discovery of a seal matrix found during excavations at Dunyvaig Castle reveals the personal story of Sir John Campbell of Cawdor (1576–1642) in these broader political events.