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 183
ess for securing the ends of the beamswhich carried the overhanging hoarding. It is one of the best pre-served instances of this kind of defence in Scotland. On the east sidethere was no continuous hoarding, but over the doorway there werebold corbels projected to receive a hoarding to defend the… … Ill REAVE CASTLE — K)) SECOND PERIOD Douglas, an illegitimate son of the good Sir James Douglas, towards theend of the fourteenth century. Notwithstanding his illegitimacy he m asappointed Lord of Galloway in 1369, and in 1389 succeeded to theEarldom of Douglas. He saw much of battles, both at home…
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