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The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)

MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 120

An illustration from The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, 1887, leaf 120 — the donjonand enfilade the ditch from crosslet loops. The flues from these garde-robes descend in the thickness of the wall, and the arrangement forcleaning them out at the bottom is peculiar. A passage runs from themoat of the donjon through the wall (Fig. 69) where the flues reach thebottom, so… … Fig. 77.—Bothwell Castle. Buttress at North-West Angle. round a central pier, which completely blocks the entrance, and rendersit impassable (Fig. 73). This arrangement shows that the moat wassometimes supplied with water, and probably explains the use of alarge stone supply sink and drain in the…

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