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 245
Fif!. 155.—CnekbnrnspaUi Towor. Doorwny in Offices. THIRD PERIOD 222 PAST CASTLE FAST CASTLE, Berwickshire. The crumbling fragments of a great keep, built above an inaccessiblecliff on a promoiitory of the east coast, about seven miles east ofCockburnspath. The adjoining cliffs of the mainland are… … Pio. 150.—Fast Castle. Plau. and tower high above the platform on which the castle stands. Theplatform {Fig. 156) is 260 feet long by 88 feet broad at the widest part,and is surrounded with precipitous rocks (Fig. 157), which descend sheerdown into the ocean. The approach to this platform was by a…
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