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 560
e gableswere built, and when defence was no longer an object of serious import-ance. All the floors here and throughout the castle were of timber,except the ground floors, which were vaulted. Each floor is providedwith wide window recesses, and good windows looking over the preci-pitous parts of… … EASTERtN TOWER The north-east round tower, likethe keep, is square towards the court-yard. A vaulted passage rising a fewsteps leads to the room on the ground flroo, which is 29 feet by 19 feet (Figs. 4-60 and 462). Thisroom is well lighted with large windows, two of whichhave deep recesses with…
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