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 91
olfe of Badenoch. In 1455 the castle was strengthened byArchibald Douglas, when he became Earl of Moray, and after the fall ofthe Douglases it was destroyed by order of King James ii. The warrantfor its demolition was granted to the Thane of Cawdor in March 1455-56,and the Exchequer Accounts attest… … LOCH-AN-EILAN CASTLE 73 FIRST PERIOD LOCH-AN-EILAN CASTLE, Inverness-shire. This castle (Fig. .50), like Locliindorb, is situated on an islandin the middle of a loch, surrounded with lofty mountains. The lochis about 1 mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad. It lies in themidst of the…
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