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 271
fromthe round to the square, so as to contain apartments,and in doino- this a portion of the circular wall is allowed to projectbeyond the square face of the upper portion (Fig. 709), as occurs alsoin a similar position at Drochil Castle, Peeblesshire. In other respectsthe elevations are simple,… … Fig. 710.—Kilcoy CastleEnlarged View ofDormer. MUNESS CASTLE, Shetland. This castle is situated on the remote island of Unst, in Shetland. Itis the most northern specimen of our Scottish Domestic Architecture, andLaurance Bruce, its builder, might well have said, in the words of Longfellow : So far…
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