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 452
eresting in relation to its archi-tecture and defences. In the year1528 the castle belonged to the Earlof Angus. James v., who hated theDouglases, by whom he had so longbeen held in subjection as a youth,laid siege to Tantallon with all theartillery he could command, but hefound it useless against… … Fig. 378.—Tantallon Castle. Entrance Gateway. garnish it with men of war and artillery, and put in a new captain,to wit, OHver Sinclair, and caused masons to come and ranforce thewalls, which were left waste before as trances or through passages,and made all massey work, to the effect that it…
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