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 362
connected with theland only by a narrow neck at the north-west angle, the level of which atthe entrance gate is 9 feet below the level of the threshold. The doorcould therefore only be reached by a moveable wooden bridge from ahigher strip of ground a little distance off. The entrance to the… … Fig. 268.—Bucholie Castle, from South-Wcst. there occurs an archway with a second gate, so that assailants penetratingthrough the first or outer gate would be stopped by the inner one, andbeing caught in the narrow passage would be easily disposed of from thebattlements on each side, or from…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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