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 121
wall. Rain-water from the roofs may have been collected by gutters and led tothis trough, or water may have been carted from the exterior and poured FIRST PERIOD 102 BOTHWELL CASTLE through the stone filler into it, and so carried by a drain to the moat,which in this way would be well washed out,… … Fig. 7S.—Bothwell Castle. Buttress at East End of North Wall. There is a postern door from the moat leading to the external ditch(see Fig. 72), which has been provided with a portcullis, besides twodoors with strong bars. The two upper floors of the donjon (Fig. 75) communicate by thepassages in…
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