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 118
oor is a small wheel-stair leading to the rooms in the tower, which aresaid to have been used as debtors prisons. The ground floor is vaulted, and contains cellars with exterior doors.The cellar under the central tower was entered by a grated iron doorunder the flight of steps to the principal… … Fig. 12-23.—Dingwall Town Hall.* part of the tower or belfry was added in the beginning of the presentcentury. CANONGATE TOLBOOTH, Edinburgh. This picturesque structure (Fig. 1224) was erected during the reign ofJames VI., and bears the date of 1591. In 1584 it was enacted by themagistrates of the…
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