Identifier: castellateddomes03macg (find matches)
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
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Fig. S.—Mingany Castle. Plan. was defended by an iron gate, Avhich still exists; and the inner woodendoor was strengthened with a strong oaken sliding bar, for which the slotin the wall still remains, and there is a recess in the ingoing which mightcontain arrows or other weapons for the use of the sentinel. Withinthe enceinte the principal residence was no doubt constructed on thenorth or landward side, where the wall was sufficiently high to allowof a building several stories in height, and where several very early FIRST PERIOD — 44 MINGARRY CASTLE
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MINGARRY CASTLE ^— 45 FIRST PERIOD pointed loopholes or windows are visible on the exterior of the wall.The original structure would therefoi-e occupy very much the sameposition as the present one (shown by hatched lines). The latter,however, is probably an erection of last century. It is three stories inheight, and had a scale staircase and large modern windows and fireplaces.The hatched walls at the sides also indicate ofiices and outhouses, appar-ently of the same date. The width of these places, which otherwisewould have been very narrow, especially on the east side, has beenincreased by hollowing out the lower part of the ancient thick walls tothe depth of 2 or 3 feet (see Plan)—the upper part of the wall above theexcavation being sustained by strong wooden beams. The two small wall-chambers or garde-robes in the east and west walls seem to be the onlyoriginal recesses in the walls. The erections on the west side have beentwo stories high, and contained apartments on the uppe

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