. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. FIRST PERIOD 46 — DUART CASTLE crowned with angle turrets. The latter are not supported in the usualmanner on continuous courses of corbelling, but rest on single boldlyprojected corbels, which would leave the space between them open andavailable for defensive purposes. We have here undoubtedly one of the primitive castles of theWestern Islands. The general plan of the enceinte—the small doorways—the narrow windows with their pointed arches, similar to those atDuart and DunstafFnage, all indica
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. FIRST PERIOD 46 — DUART CASTLE crowned with angle turrets. The latter are not supported in the usualmanner on continuous courses of corbelling, but rest on single boldlyprojected corbels, which would leave the space between them open andavailable for defensive purposes. We have here undoubtedly one of the primitive castles of theWestern Islands. The general plan of the enceinte—the small doorways—the narrow windows with their pointed arches, similar to those atDuart and DunstafFnage, all indicate a date as old as the thirteenthcentury. The parapet seems also to be of the same date, and the angleturrets have a very simple and original appearance. It is possible,however, that the parapet may have been reconstructed and the turretsadded in the fourteenth century. They have been further altered inlater times to suit firearms. DUART CASTLE, Argyllshire. This massive ruin occupies a very prominent position at the north-east angle of the island of Mull, and commands the entrance to the. Fio. 10.—Duart Castle. View from North-East. Sound from the east. It was for long the stronghold of the principalbranch of the Macleans, but the history of its erection is unknown. DUART CASTLE FIRST PERIOD The earliest notice of the castle is in 1390. Its most prominent featurefrom a distance is the great oblong keep, 63 feet long by 46 feet wide(Fig. 10), with high and massive walls varying from 10 to 15 feet in thick-ness, which towers above the lofty and precipitous site. On the north andwest sides the walls of the keep are close to the edge of the rock, therebeing just room enough left at the north side to permit of a passage tothe entrance doorway, which is placed there. On the east of the keep isthe courtyard (Fig. 11), enclosed on the south and east sides witha sreat wall of enceinte, from 6 to 10 feet thick, and still about30 feet high. Beyond this the castle was further pro
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