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 449
by11 feet. It has been a rather ornate and characteristic example of theBorder pele of the seventeenth century. The style of corbelling and con-struction of the parapet show that the structure is late. It seems furtherto have been altered at a subsequent time, when the embrasures havebeen changed… … Fig. 351.—Cowdeuknowes. View from Nortli-East. modern. The ground floor of the tower thus serves as the entrance hallto the mansion. CORSBIE CASTLE, Beewickshirk. A keep (Fig. 352), situated in a bog near the source of the Water ofEden, and about four miles north from Earlston. It consists of the…
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