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Title: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: MacGibbon, David, d. 1902 Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930
Subjects: Architecture Architecture, Domestic Castles
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
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Fig. 3S.—Ellandonan Castle. Plan. 57 feet long by 43 feet wide, with walls about 10 feet in thickness. Thefoundations exist all romid, and fragments of the north and south walls arestanding of considerable height, but almost entirely devoid of architecturalfeatures. The entrance door was at the south-east angle—one jamb, withthe bar-hole, being still preserved. The staircase was probably carriedup in the adjoining angle of the wall, but of this there is now no trace.A narrow loop occurs in the south wall, not far from the doorway, andthe remains of a wall-chamber are traceable in the west wall. A remarkable structure still survives on the east side of the castle.This consists of a heptagonal tower 20 feet in diameter internally, placedat a considerably lower level than the courtyard of the castle. This FIRST PERIOD — 84 — ELLANDONAN CASTLE
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DUNTROON CASTLE 85 — FIRST PERIOD enclosure, which was always open to the sky, seems to have been a watertank. It still contains water, but it is of a very stagnant and unwholesomeappearance. There is possibly a spring in it, as in the similar rock onwhich stands the castle of Kismull in Barra, and the tower has beenerected to secure it for the use of the garrison. The castle is connectedwith the water tower by means of a long sloping passage or court, withwalls of considerable size and strength, being about 5 feet in thickness,and probably when complete about 15 feet in height. DUNTROON CASTLE, Argyllshire.* This structure occupies an ancient site on a promontory which projectsinto the north side of Loch Crinan, near the western end of the CrinanCanal, and forms a conspicuous object in that much-frequented route. Thefortress was long in the possession of the Campbells of Duntroon, and isnow the property of John Malcolm, Esq. of Poltalloch. It appears tohave been originally construc

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