. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ANTIQUITIBS OF SCOTLAND Ii9 Doune Castle. lORTH-WEST of the historic town of Stirling, at a distanceof about eight miles, the venerable towers of Doune Castlefrown over the nearly as venerable bridge of Teith, and thebeautiful rapid river which it spans. This broad square mass isconspicuous on all sides, from the surrounding mountains, andthe broad plains watered by the Forth. It is built on a steepbank close to the edge of the stream, and is surrounded by luxuriant andbeautiful trees, over which the horizontal lines of tower and scree
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ANTIQUITIBS OF SCOTLAND Ii9 Doune Castle. lORTH-WEST of the historic town of Stirling, at a distanceof about eight miles, the venerable towers of Doune Castlefrown over the nearly as venerable bridge of Teith, and thebeautiful rapid river which it spans. This broad square mass isconspicuous on all sides, from the surrounding mountains, andthe broad plains watered by the Forth. It is built on a steepbank close to the edge of the stream, and is surrounded by luxuriant andbeautiful trees, over which the horizontal lines of tower and screen maybe seen stretching to an extent which conveys at once a formidable notionof their size and strength. The mass of buildings form altogether acompact quadrangle, the towers and curtains serving as the exterior fortifications,and embracing a court-yard nearly surrounded by the buildings. The bastionedsquare tower of the fifteenth century is the ruling feature of the plan ; but theedifices are of various ages ; and among them are circular staircase towers, andremains of the angular turrets of t
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