Clackmannan and Kinross . Monument to the founders of the Secession Churchat Gairney Bridge ARCHITECTURE 12;-, 12. Architecture. Lochleven Castle is a good example of the typeof building erected during the fourteenth century. Itis a plain rectangular structure with walls of greatthickness confining an area of some 40 square floors are vaulted, and the roof is crowned by aparapet resting on corbels but without Queen Marys Tower, Lochleven Castle There are not, however, bartizans at all the corners,for it was, presumably, not thought necessarv to defendby such a turret
Clackmannan and Kinross . Monument to the founders of the Secession Churchat Gairney Bridge ARCHITECTURE 12;-, 12. Architecture. Lochleven Castle is a good example of the typeof building erected during the fourteenth century. Itis a plain rectangular structure with walls of greatthickness confining an area of some 40 square floors are vaulted, and the roof is crowned by aparapet resting on corbels but without Queen Marys Tower, Lochleven Castle There are not, however, bartizans at all the corners,for it was, presumably, not thought necessarv to defendby such a turret the corner nearest the interior of thecourtyard. A peculiar feature is the position of theentrance door, which, instead of being on the first,is placed on the second floor, and thus it is possible ^ See p. 55. 126 KINROSS-SHIRE to reach the first floor only by descending the interiorstaircase. A parapet walk runs round the wall otenceinte ; and, in the sovith-east corner of this wall,is a round tower, built, probably by Sir Robert Douglas,about 1541. When Mary was on the island, it con-tained a more extensive range of buildings than thosewhose remains still exist ; and there is evidence thatthe usual development by building round the inside of thewall of enceinte had taken place. Burleigh Castle, close to Milnathort, probably datesfrom the latter half of the fifteenth century. Formerlythere appear to have been a keep and a wal
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