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 131
e ancient castle, butsimply shows the nature of the site and extent of the fortress, whichis more fully explained by the Plan (Fig. 60). It has evidently been acastle of the First Period, forming an irregular square about 130 feetacross, and surrounded with a lofty enclosing wall about 6 feet… … Fio. (30.—Home Castle. Pkui. would therefore appear to have been placed at the south-east and south-west angles to strengthen these fronts. From the old loopholes in thesouth-west wall there seem to have been buildings against it on theinside, and possibly the hall and other apartments may have…
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