Ancient castles and mansions of Stirling nobility / described and illustrated by J.S. Fleming (1902)
Fleming, James Sturk · Paisley : A. Gardner, 1902 · leaf 459
av is 16 feetbroad by 9-Jr leet high, and runs through the breadthof the wall, about 40 feet,having the outside endbuilt up, and the townwall is 6 to 8 feet thick.The ceiling of the vaulted archway forms the ground floor of a dwelling-house. Both archway and guard room are utilised as a smithy,… … Novlk OLD PORT GATE AND GUARD ROOM. 457 this guard room identifies the archway as the main entrance to thetown until that was shifted farther west, such invariably occupying theright hand side of its inner gate. The flags cover a vaulted cell, whichwe did not see, but Bailie Ronald gives its…
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