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The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland (1852)

Billings, R. W. (Robert William), 1813-1874 · Edinburgh W. Paterson · leaf 11

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feature of thisplan is, however, in the arrangement of the ports marked d; and these completely command thesides of the parallelogram, rendering hostile approach no very safe matter. From the passage tothe south-western tower we enter the staircase e, built within the wall, and leading to the first… … Touching the ancient history of Dalpersie, nothing is known but the little which is borne uponits own walls by way of decoration ; and if this information is to be taken as its origin, it is a talesoon told. Upon the lower corbel-stone of the circular staircase, the first letter of Gordon is…

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