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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 419

An illustration from The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, 1887, leaf 419 — EN CASTLE these towers was taken, the garrison could retire over the bridge to theother one, and the besiegers would have to commence a fresh attack. Another peculiarity of Huntingtower is the way in which the bartizansand parapets are partly roofed in (Figs. 340 and 345), the object beingto form… … Pig. 340.—Ruthven Castle. New Entrance Doorway. to the top of the parapet wall. The sketch (Fig. 347) shows the corbelsof the parapet and bartizans of the original tower, which are charac-teristic of fifteenth-century woi-k. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, when the idea of themansion…

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