. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 66.—Breacacha Castle, Coll. Plan at level of First Floor of Keep. * For the drawings and particulars of this castle we have to thank the kindness ofJohn Lome Stewart, Esq., the proprietor, and T. L. Watson, Esq., architect, Glasgow. SECOND PERIOD 118 — BREACACHA CASTLE, COLL stands the ancient castle of Breacacha. The island was in olden timesalternately in the possession of the Macneils, the Macleans, and theMacdonalds, so that there would be some difficulty in determining bywhom the cast
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 66.—Breacacha Castle, Coll. Plan at level of First Floor of Keep. * For the drawings and particulars of this castle we have to thank the kindness ofJohn Lome Stewart, Esq., the proprietor, and T. L. Watson, Esq., architect, Glasgow. SECOND PERIOD 118 — BREACACHA CASTLE, COLL stands the ancient castle of Breacacha. The island was in olden timesalternately in the possession of the Macneils, the Macleans, and theMacdonalds, so that there would be some difficulty in determining bywhom the castle was erected. It consists of a quadrilateral keep measuring 32 feet by 27 feet, withwalls 7 feet in thickness. Attached to the keep are the enclosing walls ofa courtyard, strengthened with a round tower 14 feet 6 inches in diameterat the south-east angle, which, being the furthest from the keep, was theweakest point. The courtyard wall does not generally exceed 3 feet in. Fig. 67.—Breacacha Castle, Coll, from Soutli-East. thickness, although of considerable height, and is thus different from theimmense walls of enceinte of the First Period. It may, however, havebeen rebuilt. The entrance to the courtyard was by a small doorway atthe rounded south-west angle, being that nearest the sea. A range ofbuildings has run along the southern wall, and the entrance into thecourtyard must have passed through the ground floor of these structure is now, however, much ruined, little being left except thesouth-west gable and part of the interior wall. A parapet wall no doubtran round the top of the enclosing wall, and there are traces of a corbelledgarde-robe at one angle. The round tower at the south-east angle (Fig. BREACACHA CASTLE, COLL 119 SECOND PERIOD 67) has been a story higher than the wall, and has been crowned with anembattled parapet, the gargoyles or holes for the escape of the water fromthe parapet or platform being still apparent (Fig.
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