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 56
oached by subterranean passages cutthrough the rock, which have stairs and pitfalls in them. From thesethe passage ascends to the rampart of the outer wall; it crosses thence tothe rampart of the inner defending wall or chemise of the donjon by amoveable wooden bridge, and from the chemise to the… … r Usf ^«i^ ,^ M^ ^^ are thickened enormously, and run out to a sharp point or bee oppositethe dangerous place (like the angle of the keep of Chateau Gaillard). INTRODUCTION — 38 — 13th cent, fortifications Of this period is the great Chateau tie Coucy (Fig. 30), the circularkeep of which M.…
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