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 316
It will be observed that in some cases thebuildings are very irregularly and capriciously placed round the enclosingwalls, while in others the quadrangular idea is more completely workedout and perfected. We commence, as usual, with the castles of the West, and follow thesame topographical… … the extreme edge of a long narrow plateau, the sides of which are verysteep, and in places quite precipitous beneath the walls of the castle. THIRD PKRIOD — 294 — GLENGARNOCK CASTLK The neck on the east side, where the pLiteau leaves the side of the glen,has been cut through by a ditch,…
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