. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 82.—The Old Man of Wick, from South-Wesit. In the fourteenth centuiy this keep was occupied by Sir Reginald deCheyne, descendant of one of the Norman families who held laige estatesin the North, The Earl of Sutherland succeeded to the estate by marriagewith the heiress of Sir Reginald ; and it was held in later times by theOliphants, Lord Duffus, and Dunbar of Hempriggs; but there is norecord of the erection of the various sti^uctures of which it was oncecomposed. The Old Man of Wick is ve
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 82.—The Old Man of Wick, from South-Wesit. In the fourteenth centuiy this keep was occupied by Sir Reginald deCheyne, descendant of one of the Norman families who held laige estatesin the North, The Earl of Sutherland succeeded to the estate by marriagewith the heiress of Sir Reginald ; and it was held in later times by theOliphants, Lord Duffus, and Dunbar of Hempriggs; but there is norecord of the erection of the various sti^uctures of which it was oncecomposed. The Old Man of Wick is very simple and rude, and is prob-ably the oldest of all the existing castles of Caithness. SECOND PERIOD — 136 — THE OLD MAN OP WICK. BRAAL CASTLB — 137 — SECOND PERIOD BRAAL CASTLE,* Caithness-shire. This ancient keep stands on the bank of the Thurso River, six milessouth of the town of Thurso, and not far from the junction of the branchesof the Highland Railway to Wick and Thurso. The site has been longoccupied as a fortress, being conveniently situated for defence by theriver and a wet ditch (part of which still exists), and commanding awide extent of country. Tradition says that a castle on this ground wasoccupied by Harold, Earl of Caithness, in the thirteenth century, but thestyle of the building indicates that the existing structure is of a laterdate, certainly not earlier than the fourteenth century, or Second Period. The tower (Fig. 84) has the characteristics of that date. It measuresabout 39 feet by 36 feet, and has walls 8 to 10 feet in thickness. Thebasement has no external door, the only openings in the walls being two
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