. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. SLCTION [ GROUND FLOOR1 i. 1 P - I 7 I 1 ^ };; bJ z >< PR£CIPICL Fig. 76.—Kildonan Castle. Plans and Section. or Third Period, but nothing remains to tix its date more definitely. Itwas the fortress of a branch of the Clan Macdonald. MOY CASTLE,* Loch Buy, Argyllshire. An ancient keep, long the residence of the chief of the Maclaines. Itstands on a rocky foundation at the north end of Loch Buy, an arm ofthe sea, which penetrates into the island of Mull from the south. It is a * The sk
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. SLCTION [ GROUND FLOOR1 i. 1 P - I 7 I 1 ^ };; bJ z >< PR£CIPICL Fig. 76.—Kildonan Castle. Plans and Section. or Third Period, but nothing remains to tix its date more definitely. Itwas the fortress of a branch of the Clan Macdonald. MOY CASTLE,* Loch Buy, Argyllshire. An ancient keep, long the residence of the chief of the Maclaines. Itstands on a rocky foundation at the north end of Loch Buy, an arm ofthe sea, which penetrates into the island of Mull from the south. It is a * The sketch of this castle has been kindly supplied by Dr. D. Christison,Edinburgh. SECOND PERIOD 128 — CLOSEBURN CASTLE rude structure (Fig. 77) of apparently an early type, but has few architec-tural features by which its date can be determined. Probably the walls
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