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 580
north-west angles of the courtyard wall were strengthened with roundtowers, now in ruins. The pointed, mullioned, and traceried windows are the most strikingand exceptional features of the building. They probably indicate a dateearly in the fifteenth century. The castle is exceptional, and has… … Fig. 477.—Arbroath Abbey. Entrance Gateway. The precincts of the abbey, as was usually the case with such build- 2 N THIRD PERIOD 562 ARBROATH ABBEY ings, were surrounded with a strong wall of enceinte strengthened withtowers. At Arbroath one of these towers^ at the north-west angle of…
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