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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 549

An illustration from The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, 1887, leaf 549 — required, but also served 2 L THIRD PERIOD 530 HERMITAGE CASTLE to defend the building as flanking works. There can be no doubt thatthese towers are additions, as three of the square angles of the earlieroblong keep jut into the corner towers in a way they would not havedone had they formed part of… … Fig. 453.—Hermitage Castle. Interior of West Wall of Eastern Division. The north-east tower contained a dungeon with vaulted roof andsmall hatch (detached Plan, Fig. 451). In it and in the small guard-roomabove there are gai-de-robes. Tradition points to this small dungeon asthat in which the…

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