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 325
Fro. 2:i2.—Ardrossan Castle. View from Nortli-Wcst. THIRD PERIOD — 302 ARDSTINCHAR CASTLE about 1376, The ruins stand on a knoll overlooking the town and railwaystation. The castle is said to have been destroyed by Cromwell, and therenow only remain (Figs. 232 and 233) a portion of one tower, a… … The former retains a few corbels of the parapet and the jambs of afireplace, a loophole, &c. These and other details indicate a date probablyin the fifteenth century. Various alterations have evidently been madeat subsequent times—windows being built up and sliot-holes and gargoylesintroduced…
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