Ancient castles and mansions of Stirling nobility / described and illustrated by J.S. Fleming (1902)
Fleming, James Sturk · Paisley : A. Gardner, 1902 · leaf 219
strong vaulted, ground floor, and the 214 ANCIENT CASTLES AND MANSIONS OF STIRLING NOBILITY, moulded doorway. The sculptured stone on a wall behind, now par-tially covered up by an outhouse, is evidently a coat of arms, to whichDr. Rogers refers. The turret stair anciently had a conical roof, as… … i^<-c-e- o-Z OCtcc/Ce,i-t-6_o-CU-<le-o^ y^tA-cLdbt^t^ct.. date 1574, which Wilson, in his Memorials of Edinbuigh, describes asan early form of crow-stepped gable. The west gable has fallen orbeen removed, but the vaulting of the ground floor of that section ofthe building existed in our day.…
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