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 66
castle by a postern,without the necessity of admitting strangers into the inner ward. Thiscourtyard also served to isolate the keep from the rest of the castle. The towers are all of great height and strength. They are solidbelow, and provided with several tiers of defences at the summit. The view… … Fig. 37.—Chateau de Pierrefonds. Grouud-Plau. During the fourteenth century the Castellated and Domestic Archi-tecture of England took a somewhat different course from that of France.Instead of devoting their attention to the perfecting of the defences, theEnglish architects were chiefly intent on…
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