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 296
the roundgate tower at what was the south-west angle of the courtyard (Figs. 225,228), are very interesting. From the inscription on the skew-put(Fig. 227), the date of the tower is 1582. The same stone carries ashield with the arms of Balfour of Balgarvie, with the letters IB andMB, probably for… … ^^?s=^^>.^r^-53,>%i;^^>^- -^ ~- KiJr--T *^^-^- Pig. 228.—Buvlcigh Castle. Gateliouso from the Nortli-West. The basement contains a vaulted cellar, from which the curioushorizontal embrasures for guns could be utilised. The door, althoughnow outside the courtyard wall, was originally inside…
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