Ancient castles and mansions of Stirling nobility / described and illustrated by J.S. Fleming (1902)
Fleming, James Sturk · Paisley : A. Gardner, 1902 · leaf 79
spread wings of an angel. Mr. Archibald, a local geologist, at our request, specially ex-amined the stones of the existing ruinsof the Abbey, and compared themwith those of the ruined Mar Mansion.He reported that both buildings wereerected of two kinds of stones andfrom the same quarries. This,… … MAR S LUDGING. 75 The building, which authoritative architects describe as havingmore affinity to the Gothic style than to the Jacobean Renaissance,and resembles in some respects the Palace in Stirling Castle andFalkland Palace, has a series of sculptured figures (life size), emblems,and monograms,…
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