Ancient castles and mansions of Stirling nobility / described and illustrated by J.S. Fleming (1902)
Fleming, James Sturk · Paisley : A. Gardner, 1902 · leaf 316
protecting fence. It stands on a solitary mound in a fieldof grain, the ancient approach, distinctly traced, being by a stonebridge over a now empty water course, which formerly was probably ANCIENT CASTLE OF RAINING. 3 part of a surrounding moat. The field is on the north side of the canaland… … or wall, with a loopholed guardroom commanding it. The corbelswhich had supported a hanging turret just over it, are visible, and theruined walls to some height of a round tower on its north-east an^le 312 ANCIENT CASTLES AND MANSIONS OF STIRLING NOBILITY. (sketch, page 310), detached from the…
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