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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 141

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ssion of the Macneils, the Macleans, and theMacdonalds, so that there would be some difficulty in determining bywhom the castle was erected. It consists of a quadrilateral keep measuring 32 feet by 27 feet, withwalls 7 feet in thickness. Attached to the keep are the enclosing walls ofa courtyard,… … Fig. 67.—Breacacha Castle, Coll, from Soutli-East. thickness, although of considerable height, and is thus different from theimmense walls of enceinte of the First Period. It may, however, havebeen rebuilt. The entrance to the courtyard was by a small doorway atthe rounded south-west angle, being…

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