Clackmannan and Kinross . thisgatehouse are pierced by large horizontal embrasures ;and the room on the first floor, resting on the vaultedbasement roof, is square internally. The second flooris square also externally, being boldly corbelled gables are finished witli flat skews—a very unusualfeature—instead of the customary corbie steps, and bothof the skew-puts bear a device. On the one facing themodern road is the red rose of the Balfours; on the otheris the date of the tower, 1582, above a shield carrying theBalfour arms and the initials M. B. and I. B. Thesestand for Margaret Balfo
Clackmannan and Kinross . thisgatehouse are pierced by large horizontal embrasures ;and the room on the first floor, resting on the vaultedbasement roof, is square internally. The second flooris square also externally, being boldly corbelled gables are finished witli flat skews—a very unusualfeature—instead of the customary corbie steps, and bothof the skew-puts bear a device. On the one facing themodern road is the red rose of the Balfours; on the otheris the date of the tower, 1582, above a shield carrying theBalfour arms and the initials M. B. and I. B. Thesestand for Margaret Balfour, the heiress of the Balfours ARCUTITECTURE 12: (to whom tlie BurlLMgh property had been granted byJames II in 1446) and for Sir James Balfour of Mount-quhane, her luisband. Their son, Sir Michael Balfour,after a successful career in the diplomatic service, wasraised to the peerage by James VI in 1606 as LordBalfour of Burleigh. Later the peerage was in abeyancefor nearly 150 years until the Bruces of Kennet in 1868. i ^-;r-,^,iiJLj^ I ^ 1 ;
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