The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . were made on the old castle, of which, however,some views may still be got where it soais above the modern the View of the upper part obtained from the north (Fig. 1417),looking towards the re-entering angle, we have a good illustration ofthe Scottish style of the seventeenth century. The entrance doorwaywas probably situated beneath this, at the ground level; but all tracesof it have been removed. The walls of the ground floor are about6 feet thick, but above that level they are greatly
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . were made on the old castle, of which, however,some views may still be got where it soais above the modern the View of the upper part obtained from the north (Fig. 1417),looking towards the re-entering angle, we have a good illustration ofthe Scottish style of the seventeenth century. The entrance doorwaywas probably situated beneath this, at the ground level; but all tracesof it have been removed. The walls of the ground floor are about6 feet thick, but above that level they are greatly reduced in the south-west corner, within the walls, a wheel-staircase ran fromthe ground floor to the upper floor; and somewhere in the east wall KILCONQUHAR CASTLE — 305 FOURTH PERIOD there was another wheel-stair, which seems to have begun at the firstfloor level. Both of these were removed in consequence of the thinningof the wall. As will be seen from the Plan of the Upper Floor (Fig. 1418), there is aturret on each angle, those of the main block being much larger than those. Fig. 1417. —Kileoiiquhar Castle. View from North. of the wing, and being finished with tapering pointed roofs, while the roofsof the latter are merged in the slope of the main roof (see Fig. 1417).The small turrets are at a higher level than the others, and access to thefloor of the one which is open (the other being built up) is obtained bysteps. The turret containing the wheel-staircase is a part of the originalstructure, while the l>uilding from which it enters (shown hatched on Plan)V, u FOURTH PERIOD 306 — KILCONQUHAR CASTLE is of later construction. This addition interferes with the simplicity ofthe old L Plan in a manner which the original builders would never haveadopted, and yet without this later wing the staircase turret as it nowexists would have no connection with the lower floois. Apparently somegreat change has been made at an early period on the wing of the L,whic
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