On which Scottish Island would you find Rothesay Castle?
Rothesay Rothesay Rothesay () is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow. At the centre of the town is Rothesay Castle, a ruined castle which dates back to the 13th century, and which is unique in Scotland for its circular plan. Rothesay lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. In modern Scottish Gaelic Rothesay is known as "Baile Bhòid" meaning "town of Bute". The English language name, described as "Rothersay" in 1321,
Rothesay Castle three days to take the castle, breaking down part of the eastern wall by hewing the stone with their axes. This saga is the earliest recorded account of an assault on a Scottish castle. In 1263, Rothesay was taken again by the Norwegian forces under Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway (died 1263) before the Battle of Largs. Although the Battle of Largs was indecisive, Hákon's campaign was unsuccessful, and effectively ended Norwegian authority in western Scotland. The early castle comprised only the roughly circular curtain wall, thick, high and around in diameter, built on a low mound, with a battlement