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 69
indicate a date as old as the thirteenthcentury. The parapet seems also to be of the same date, and the angleturrets have a very simple and original appearance. It is possible,however, that the parapet may have been reconstructed and the turretsadded in the fourteenth century. They have been… … Fio. 10.—Duart Castle. View from North-East. Sound from the east. It was for long the stronghold of the principalbranch of the Macleans, but the history of its erection is unknown. DUART CASTLE FIRST PERIOD The earliest notice of the castle is in 1390. Its most prominent featurefrom a distance is…
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