The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)
Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 346
alls of the inner court converge on a flat salient, in the middle of the cumb?:rland 301 outer court at the gatehouse, called the Captains Tower. This is rectangular,with a low-arched Decorated gateway and vaulted passage furnished withgates and portcullis ; in front was once a ditcli and a… … CARI.ISLK removed. The wall is backed by a rampart and masonry, probably of llie timeof Henry VIIl. The keep measures 66 feet X. and S., and (>i feet E. and W., and is now68 feet high. It has been so much altered that the old plan cannot be wellseen. The entrance, which had an Edwardian…
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