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 246
appear-ance of having been blown up, as a large mass of masonry, with eightcorbels embedded in it (Fig. 158), has been thrown to the ground and com-pletely turned upside down ; but we understand that this was the resultof thunderstorms in 1871, when the battlements were struck by lightning,and the… … Fig. 158.—Fast Castle, from North. the wall of the first floor (see Fig. 157) contains a rudely-cut old Gothic arch-head. Portions of a surrounding wall are observable here and there. Apiece about 12 feet long, with staircase for access to the parapet, standsdetached at the north end of the…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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