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 117
he windows, Avhich were all strongly grated. Elcho Castle was undoubtedly surrounded with walls, and probablyhad a ditch outside. There is a natural hollow along the east and south-east easily capable of being utilised for defence. The only evidence of lOlRTII PEFtlOD — 102 — ELCHO CASTLK the wall… … Fig. 568.—Elclio Castle. View from the West. There seems to have been an earlier castle than the ])resent one atRlcho, but all traces of it have disappeared. Several references occur inBlind Harry to Elchoch, or Elkok, as a place of very considerablestiength, and a frequent retreat of Wallace when…
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