The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland . e wall represented at h. Theroom within the main building has on the ground floor a semicircular stone vault, and the towers,which are internally octa£,onal, are stone-vaulted in the form of a pointed arch. The loop windowsc, on the basement floor, are but tlirne inches in width, hut above the openings are of more ampledimensions. Even the latter were strongly barred with iron gratings, so that ingress or egress,otherwise than by the one entrance-door, w^as out of the question. The paiticular feature of thisplan is, however, in the arra
The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland . e wall represented at h. Theroom within the main building has on the ground floor a semicircular stone vault, and the towers,which are internally octa£,onal, are stone-vaulted in the form of a pointed arch. The loop windowsc, on the basement floor, are but tlirne inches in width, hut above the openings are of more ampledimensions. Even the latter were strongly barred with iron gratings, so that ingress or egress,otherwise than by the one entrance-door, w^as out of the question. The paiticular feature of thisplan is, however, in the arrangement of the ports marked d ^ and these completely command thesides of the parallelogram, rendering hostile approach no very safe matter. From the passage tothe south-western tower we enter the staircase e, built within the wall, and leading to the first floor,above which the communication is by a small circular stair, partially supported on a series of cor-bels, which appear in the accompanying view. In the plan its position is marked by the ciixle^. Touching the ancient history of Dalpersie, nothing is known hut the little which is borne uponits own walls by way of decoration ; and if this information is to be taken as its origin, it is a talesoon told. Upon the lower corbel-stone of the circular staircase, the first letter of Gordon is sculp-tured, and upon a window-sill adjoining, we have a panel, imitative of a plate screwed to thewall, bearing the date 1561. The head of this window is ornamented by the lairds crest, a boarshead, so beautifully cut as to make one wish that the building had more ornament by tne same Gordon who was its owner in 1745 is said to have been the last person executed for par-ticipating in the Jacobite rsing, and a h^cess in the upper part of the house, against the roof, isshown as the spot where he was captured.* K. W. B. • New Statist. Account, Aberdeeiisllire, p. 446,
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