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English: Castle Mearnaig, from Norh-east

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. 108.—CASTLE MEARNAIG, Glensanda, Argyllshire. CASTLE MEARNAIG 171 THIRD PERIOD
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THIRD PERIOD 172 CASTLE MAOIL keep, 44: feet by 30 feet (Fig. 110), with walls about 8 feet in thickness,leaving an internal space of only 27 feet by 14 feet. A small buttresssupports the south-east angle. The entrance door is in the centre of theeast or seaward side. It is some feet above the ground on the outside,and seems to have had a small wooden platform supported on beamsinserted in the wall, for which the apertures still exist, as at CastleStalcaire (see Plan). A wooden stair or ladder would lead up to thislanding, which of course could be easily removed in case of attack. From Fig. 110.—Castle Mearnaig. Plan of Ground Floor. the ingoing of the doorway, the staircase winds through the thickness ofthe wall to the upper floor. The ground floor seems to have containedthe stores, and the first floor the hall. The north window of the latterhas a trilobed arch-head—a somewhat unusual piece of ornament in castlesof this locality and date. There was no doubt a third story above th

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  • bookauthor:Ross__Thomas__1839_1930
  • booksubject:Architecture
  • booksubject:Architecture__Domestic
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