. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. and reconnoitring. In this castle, as in others of the same period, there are, for the sakeof security, but few openings introduced in the lower part of the walls. In the keep (which, however, as we shall see, is of later date than the SKIPNESS CASTLE 69 — FIRST PERIOD enceinte) a single loop gave light and air to the basement. This, togetherwith a five-inch slit and a water-drain in the south-east tower, are theonly ancient openings discoverable in the lower walls. It is, however,quite possibl
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. and reconnoitring. In this castle, as in others of the same period, there are, for the sakeof security, but few openings introduced in the lower part of the walls. In the keep (which, however, as we shall see, is of later date than the SKIPNESS CASTLE 69 — FIRST PERIOD enceinte) a single loop gave light and air to the basement. This, togetherwith a five-inch slit and a water-drain in the south-east tower, are theonly ancient openings discoverable in the lower walls. It is, however,quite possible that in the south wall of enceinte there were three splayedslits, which are shown on Plan by a recess and white dotted line, and onthe section above the inside formation of one of these openings is seen inelevation with a round arched top; but there is no appearance of themoutside. Before proceeding farther it should be observed that the whole of thatportion of the castle lying to the north of the north-west tower, includingthe keep, appears to be of a somewhat later date than the rest. The. Fig. 2S.—Skipness Castle. View from North-West. original north boundary of the castle probably extended across between thenorth-west tower and the keep, in the line of the south face of the portion lying to the west of the keep was probably first erected, and thisappears to have been done at a time not very long after the constructionof the castle, as the building is in very much the same style. The windowsare, however, considerably larger and round-arched. That in the northwall is well preserved, and is shown both internally and externally inFigs, 26 and 28. There has also been a similar window on the first floorin the east wall of this addition (see Figs. 25 and 26), clearly showingthat that wall was an external one. This view is supported by the factthat the base splay which runs along the outer walls is still preserved in the FIRST PERIOD 70 SKIPNESS CASTLE interior of
Size: 2060px × 1212px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectarchitectur, booksubjectarchitecture
