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 501
otted Hnes in the corner of theground-plan. This is an unusual arrangement, except in very earlykeeps, in which the entrance door was on the upper floor, there generallybeing internal communication between the ground floor and the firstfloor, without the necessity of going out into the open air.… … Fro. 915.—Aldie Castle. View from the North-East. mediate floors. This was a very usual position for the entrance, andthere was generally a door to the vaulted ground floor, immediatelyopposite the outer doorway, which may likely have been the case herealso. Each of the upper floors contains a…
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