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 85
fully built and vaulted pit in the basement, with adrain led from it to the sea, and an aperture in the floor of the towerabove. This no doubt formed the entrance to the prison or dungeon inthe vault beneath from the guard-room in the tower. The adjoiningsquare building may have comprised the… … SKIPNESS CASTLE — 63 FIRST PERIOD The history of this castle is almost a blank. Like the other similarfortresses of the West it was probably erected by royal command in thethirteenth century. It afterwards became one of the castles of theLord of the Isles. In 1472 it was in the keeping of Hector…
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