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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 230

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On the seaward side the rocks tower above the water in magnificentprecipices, but on the hmdward side there is a small beach, composed ofmasses of stones fallen from the Craig, above which the flank of the islandmountain slopes very rapidly to the summit, which is about 1100 feet inheight. On a… … Fio. 142.—Castle, Ailsa Craig. View from Soutli-East. spring of water. The history of this remote and inaccessible tower isquite unknown. The structure bears some resemblance to the Towerof Kildonan in the south of Arran, and may perhaps have been erectedby a branch of the clan to which it…

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