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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s of which, surroundedby a higher wall, are yet traceable. The wall of enceinte, although greatly demolished, has been of a muchstronger character than the ordinary enclosing walls of courtyards, andmay possibly be the remains of a thirteenth-century castle. The keep,however, was not likely so old, but in its present state of dilapidation itcannot be further described. The whole castle is most probably astructure of the Second Period. The estate belonged from the thirteenthcentuiy to the family of Lyle, the representative of which was raised tothe peerage in 1446 as Lord Lyle. In 1544 the property passed to thePorterfield family. SECOND PERIOD — 158 BALLUMBIR CASTLE BALLUMBIE CASTLE,* Forfarshire. This ruined stronghold, in Murroes parish, is situated about four milesnorth-east from Dundee. It has been an extensive castle, consisting ofwalls of enceinte, with round towers at the corners. Two of these towersstill exist (Fig. 99), with the connecting curtain between, as well as one of
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Fig. 99.—Balliimbie Castle. the side walls. The castle measures about 70 feet over the towers, andthe ruins of the return wall extend to about the same length ; the heightof these walls as they now stand is about 15 feet. The barony of Ballumbie was in olden times possessed by a family of * The accompanying Plan of Ballumbie is by A. Johnston, Esq., architect,Dundee, and the view is copied from an old drawing in the collection of the RoyalScottish Academy, Edinburgh ; while for the historical notes we are indebted to theRev. James NicoU, Murroes. TIXNIES CASTLE 159 — SECOND PERIOD the name of Lovell, and in the east wall there is a carved stone dividedinto six compartments, placed in two rows. The centre shield in the upperrow contains the Lovell arms—three piles surmounted of a fesse waved(Nishet, Vol. I. p. 203). On the lower series the middle shield is blank;the dexter shield has over it the letters M. M., and contains in chief sixfleurs-de-lis, and a lion rampant in base, ap

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