. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fio. 144.—Caileton Castle, from Soulli-East. LOCHNAW CASTLE, Wigtonshire. This castle is situated iii the parish of Leswalt, on a small fresh-water loch about five miles west from Stranraer. The locality is one ofconsiderable beauty, and the utmost has been done to develop thenatural features of the scene, so that the surroundings of the castle are ofa very charming description. The old keep is completely cast into the shade by a large modern housewhich has been erected beside it, the towers of
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fio. 144.—Caileton Castle, from Soulli-East. LOCHNAW CASTLE, Wigtonshire. This castle is situated iii the parish of Leswalt, on a small fresh-water loch about five miles west from Stranraer. The locality is one ofconsiderable beauty, and the utmost has been done to develop thenatural features of the scene, so that the surroundings of the castle are ofa very charming description. The old keep is completely cast into the shade by a large modern housewhich has been erected beside it, the towers of which are seen in theView (Fig. 145). The old building (Fig. 146) consists of a square sixteenth-century keep atthe south-east corner of a courtyard, which is surrounded with ranges ofseventeenth and eighteenth-century buildings. The keep is a small struc- LOCIINAW CASTLE 211 THIRD PERIOD ^?llS. Fig. 140.—Lochnaw Castle. Plan. THIRD PERIOD 212 — LOCHNAAV CASTLE ture, about 23 feet square, containing one apartment on each floor, with acontinuous wheel-stair in the north-west corner, flnished at the top with apicturesque capehouse (Fig. 147). Adjoining this a portion of the parapet isprojected, so as to form an aperture or machicolation for defending thedoor by dropping down stones or other missiles. On the east parapet a
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