. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. now only remain some portions of thewalls and buttresses of the cathedral (converted into the parish church). FIRST PERIOD 76 — ACHANDUIN CASTLE which are all carefully covered with roughcasting. Some traces of thesacristy and chapter-house are also observable. Achanduin Castle liesabout five miles south from the cathedral. It has been a great squareenclosure (Fig. 34), measuring over 70 feet each way within the principal entrance gateway, leading into the courtyard, was in thecentre
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. now only remain some portions of thewalls and buttresses of the cathedral (converted into the parish church). FIRST PERIOD 76 — ACHANDUIN CASTLE which are all carefully covered with roughcasting. Some traces of thesacristy and chapter-house are also observable. Achanduin Castle liesabout five miles south from the cathedral. It has been a great squareenclosure (Fig. 34), measuring over 70 feet each way within the principal entrance gateway, leading into the courtyard, was in thecentre of the north wall. From the ingoing a passage and staircase inthe thickness of the wall led to the upper floor of a tower at the north-east angle, of which some portions still exist. Of the eastern wall thefoundations only remain. Parallel to this are also the lower portions ofan interior wall, indicating that there were buildings on this side of thecastle. A considerable part of the south wall still stands. It is 5 feet inthickness, but without architectural features. Only a part of the west. Fig. 33.—Achauduin Castle. View from Novth-West. wall is preserved. It contained two garde-robes, the large corbels of whichstill project towards the outside. There has also been a doorway orpostern in this wall, one jamb of which is preserved, and contains a bar-hole, while the other side has been demolished. On the outside of thewall opposite this postern a square tower or landing is built up to thelevel of the courtyard, which is 7 feet or so above that of the ground out-side. This may be the foundation of a tower or some kind of constructionfor the defence of the postern, or it may only have been a platform towhich access would be obtained from the exterior by means of a woodenladder. There was a landing of this description at the entrance to Mear-naig, Dunvegan, and Ardchonnal Castles. In the north wall there occuron the first floor the remains of two windows, shown by white line
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