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 70
recipitous site. On the north andwest sides the walls of the keep are close to the edge of the rock, therebeing just room enough left at the north side to permit of a passage tothe entrance doorway, which is placed there. On the east of the keep isthe courtyard (Fig. 11), enclosed on the south and… … D I T C Fig. 11.-Duart Castle. Plan, What the age of this building may be it would be difficult to determinebut for the analogy of others of the same description. Castles of somekind no doubt occupied important strategic points such as this in theWestern Islands from a very early date. Of the…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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