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 223
s a tower at the north-west angle corre-sponding to that at the north-east it is impossible to say; but it seemsmost likely, as the ground without the castle rises at this point, and some-what commands the interior. The castle, with its toweis and courtyard, seems to have been on aplan similar to… … Fio. 777.—Branxholm Castle. Ancient Breech-loading Cannon in Courtyard. In the courtyard there lies a very interesting and somewhat rarerelic of bygone times in the form of an ancient breech-loading cannon(Fig. 777). It is perhaps not generally known that the earliest cannonswere made on that…
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