. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. MBRAE CASTLE, Buteshire ; FAIRLIE CASTLE,LAW CASTLE, and SKELMORLIE CASTLE, Ayrshire. These simple towers are all situated in the same locality, round theentrance to the Frith of Clyde, and have such a striking resemblance toeach other, both in their internal arrangements and external aspect, thatthey will be best described together. The plan of each is an oblong,which at Cumbrae (Fig. 112) and Law (Fig. 113) is of the same length,viz., 41 feet 3 inches, and at Fairlie (Fig. 114), 45 feet 5 inc
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. MBRAE CASTLE, Buteshire ; FAIRLIE CASTLE,LAW CASTLE, and SKELMORLIE CASTLE, Ayrshire. These simple towers are all situated in the same locality, round theentrance to the Frith of Clyde, and have such a striking resemblance toeach other, both in their internal arrangements and external aspect, thatthey will be best described together. The plan of each is an oblong,which at Cumbrae (Fig. 112) and Law (Fig. 113) is of the same length,viz., 41 feet 3 inches, and at Fairlie (Fig. 114), 45 feet 5 inches, while * We have to thank Mr. James Edgar, Ri Cruin, Lochgilphead, for particularsof this castle, and Mr. J. Bryce for the Plan before the late alterations. THIRD PERIOD 174 LITTLE CUMBRAE CASTLE, ETC. the width of 29 feet at Fairlie is only exceeded by a few inches at Cum-brae, and by 12 inches at Law. The height from the ground floor levelto the parapet walk at Fairlie (see Section, Fig. 114) is about 41 feet 6inches, which is less than that at Cumbrae (see Section, Fig. 112) by 4 feet EN7. =;OUND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Prii. 112.—Little Cuinbrae Castle. Plans and Section. 6 inches, and at Law (see Section, Fig. 113) by 18 inches. Skelmorlie(Fig. 115) is 48 feet 6 inches long by 30 feet wide, and 29 feet high tothe present eaves. These figures show how nearly these castles approxi-mate to each other in size, but it is in the internal arrangements,especially in relation to the kitchen and hall, that their similarity LITTLE CUMBRAE CASTLK, ETC. — 175 THIRD PERIOD is most striking. The kitchoii and hall of each castle are both situatedon the first floor, and are reached by a wheel-stair from the entrancedoor on the ground floor (see the Plans), part of the end of the hallbeing in every case screened off with a stone partition so as to forni a
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