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 226
Fig. 669.—Claypotts. View from the South-East. effect produced by the square top story placed on the round towers. CLAVPOTTS — 211 FOURTH PERIOD Attention has been above directed to the prevalence of corbelling in theScotch architecture of this period, and this is an instance in which, fromthe… … Fig. 670.—Claypotts. View from the North Stories on the round towers. At the south-east tower the square topcomes within the circle 9 or 10 inches, and requires three tiers of corbels,while, in the other instance, the square exactly encloses the circle andrequires four tiers of corbels (Fig. 670).…
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