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 37
the top of thetower shows the billet and cable, while the projecting dormer has thecable and the guilloch combined with the small shafts and corbels socommon in Scottish architecture at that time. This is probably the most FOURTH PERIOD 22 AMISFIELD TOWER striking example of the adherence to the… … ,1 ^^^owir*^;^ WiU^.^MMj^ig//^ Fig. 489.—Amisfleld Tower. View from the South-East. Amisfield was the property of the Charteris family, who held theestate from a very early date. One of the coats of arms on the second COXTON TOWER 23 FOURTH PERIOD floor, above the entrance, bears the arms of the…
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