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 482
uris, according to Mr. Blanc, the oldest, and originally rested on the rock,which having at a later time been lowered and partly cut away, renderednecessary the facing of masonry which has been inserted beneath it.The upper part of the wall (see section. Fig. 402) rises clear above thevault, and… … Fig. 403b.—Edinburgh Ca-stle. Chapel. Adjoining the chapel is the battery named after the celebrated cannon Mons Meg, which is there preserved. This gun (contrary to thelegend on the carriage) is said by Wilson and others to have been madeby the MLellands in Kirkcudbrightshire, and by them…
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