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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 276

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ix-apparent of Laurence, third Lord Oliphant. A writer in 1726 says Ackergill Tower was then a strong house, and yetin repair, and betwixt that and the sea is a good new house lately built. DIRLOT CASTLE, Caitiiness-shire. A fragmentary ruin, occupying a very picturesque position on the topof an… … X ~ ll ■•I V ^lYEH Fio. 180.—Dirlot Castle. Plan. long so powerful in the North. In 1464 it was in the hands of GeorgeGunn, Crumer or Crown representative, and head of the Clan Gunn. Thekeep occupied an almost inaccessible peak. It has been of the usualquadrilateral form (Fig. 186), and has had a…

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