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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 247

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Fraser. Mr. Skene says of it, Cluny Castle, for a small simple building inwhich the leading principles of the Scotch castellated mansion of thefifteenth century are strictly adhered to, affords a striking example ofthe picturesque arrangement and grouping of its different features whichthat style… … Fig. 684.—Cluny Ca.stle. The body of the building is as usual a great square tower, havinga large round tower at the two diagonal angles, opposite to each other(Fig. 684), and suspended turrets on the two remaining angles of thesquare tower, united by subordinate architectural features so…

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