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 370
en battered by artil-lery, geneially supposed tohave been by Cromwell in1650, and it still bears dis-tinct marks of such action.The east parapet, with itscorbels and angle bartizans, were then destroyed, and, in restoring theparapet, it has been carried up flush with the face of the wall. Thisis… … Fig. 303.—Bortliwick Castle. Plan ofRoof aiifl Battlements. THIRD PERIOD 352 BORTHWICK CASTLE The stone gutters on the top of the walls are wide, and afford amplespace for the operations of a numerous garrison. Some traces are stillvisible of the painting with which the vault of the great hall…
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