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 76
TOWER OF HEPENTANCE ()1 FOURTH PERIOD that of using the stones from the old chapel in building Hoddam House.^The tower appears to us however to contain internal evidence of itspurpose and history. It is, in short, a watch or signal tower, erected onthe most commanding position for seeing and being… … Fig. 528.—Tower of Repentance. View from the South-West. This supposition accounts for the remarkable site chosen for it. Thesame reason may have led to the chapel, which no doubt at one timeoccupied the site, being placed there. The tower occupies the highest and most commanding point on the…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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