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 148
ordof the Isles. It stands on a high basaltic plateau, which forms a pro-montory on the south shore of the Sound of Mull, and shelters a bay ornatural harbour. The site is near the centre of the Sound where it bends,so that the fortress commands a clear view both up and down the channel.Jhe… … Fig. 74.—Aros Castle. keep was erected on the landward side of the site, where it guarded theapproach, which was likewise defended with fosse and drawbridge. Ofthe keep there now remains only a portion of two walls (see Sketch, Fig.74), without any very distinctive features, but the door and window…
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