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 196
-ToithorwaUl CastlePlans. TORTHORVVALD CASTLE — 177 — SECOND PERIOD ])robably been part of the defences of a primitive fortress, long beforethe site was occupied with the present castle. The castle was surrounded with a courtyard having a steep glacis,beyond which were a ditch and mound, succeeded… … Fig. 142.—Torthorwald Castle from the North-West. Torthorwald was the early home of the Carlyle family, \^ho werefor centuries connected with this district. We learn from Mr. Froudethat Thomas Carlyle was not displeased to know that there ran in hisveins the blood of the Lords Carlyle of…
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