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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 537

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the north front, which are of anearlier form than the corbelling of the east side, and from other indica- 2 K FOURTH PERIOD — 514 CARSLEUTII CASTLE tions, it would seem that this building was originally a simple oblong, andthat the wing has been a subsequent addition. The old corbels wouldsupport… … Fia. 443.—Carsleuth Castle. View from North-East. The way in which the projecting top story of the wing runs into anold window recess, and the manner in which a small window is insertedin the same recess, distinctly point to the wing being an after-thought,constructed in order to provide the more…

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