The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . easures 9 feet 5 inches long by1 foot 8 inches deep. GARLIES CASTLE,! Kirkcudbrightshire. The ruined castle of Gailies is situated on asteep hill slope about three miles north-west ofNewton-Stewart. The giound falls very rapidlyoutside the buildings along the south and south-east sides. The castle (Fig. 1392) has been astructure of considerable size and various ages,* We have to thank Mr. W. Anderson for the accom-panying sketches and notes. t We are indebted to Mr. Galloway for the plan ofand i
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . easures 9 feet 5 inches long by1 foot 8 inches deep. GARLIES CASTLE,! Kirkcudbrightshire. The ruined castle of Gailies is situated on asteep hill slope about three miles north-west ofNewton-Stewart. The giound falls very rapidlyoutside the buildings along the south and south-east sides. The castle (Fig. 1392) has been astructure of considerable size and various ages,* We have to thank Mr. W. Anderson for the accom-panying sketches and notes. t We are indebted to Mr. Galloway for the plan ofand information regarding this castle. ^C3i l£i JiH is^ m M -^ FOURTH PERIOD — 280 — GARLIES CASTLE and, as is usually the case, the oldest part (tinted black) is still the bestpreserved. This consists of the keep, a parallelogram measuring about40 feet by 30 feet, and in its ruined condition attaining in parts a heightof about 30 feet (Fig. 1393), with walls averaging about 6 feet in thick-ness. It is very much dilapidated, and till the present year lay buried to a. /;a p I C Fifi. l:jt»2.—Garlieb Castle. Plau. great extent in its own ruins. But at the instance of Major-Greneral theHon. Alexander Stewart, with the sanction of the Earl of Galloway, thekeep has been cleared of debris. The results have been extremely satis-factory, and most interesting discoveries have been made. The lower part of the keep has been entirely vaulted, the height beingabout 17 feet from floor to crown ; but the springing only remains. This GARLIES CASTLE — 281 FOURTH PEKIOD rather unusual height has been divided in two by an entresol floor carriedon corbels. Entry has been obtained from the courtyard by a doubledoor, giblet-checked on the outside, and another within. These lead intoa passage 3 feet 6 inches wide, with a small apartment and ambry to theright, and on the left to a turnpike stair made of flags, and complete upto°the level of the entresol. From this point the steps were of freesto
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