The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . a lofty struc-ture of the L Plan, to which wings, branching out on both sides, weresubsequently added. The main block was five stories high, with attics. In 1712 Monymusk was purchased by Sir Francis Grant of Cullen,with whose descendants it has since remained. FOURTH PERIOD 330 MYRES CASTLE MYRES CASTLE,*- Fifeshire. This edifice is situated within a few minutes walk of AuchteramchtyRailway Station, and is about two miles northwards from Falkland PalaceIt occupies a low-lying situation, which,
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . a lofty struc-ture of the L Plan, to which wings, branching out on both sides, weresubsequently added. The main block was five stories high, with attics. In 1712 Monymusk was purchased by Sir Francis Grant of Cullen,with whose descendants it has since remained. FOURTH PERIOD 330 MYRES CASTLE MYRES CASTLE,*- Fifeshire. This edifice is situated within a few minutes walk of AuchteramchtyRailway Station, and is about two miles northwards from Falkland PalaceIt occupies a low-lying situation, which, as its name implies, was probablya marsh in earlier times. The castle has been so altered and added tothat the class of structure to which it belongs is not apparent by merelylooking at it from the outside. On examination it is found to haveoriginally consisted of two blocks (as shown by Plans, Fig. 1439), withround towers at the diagonally opposite angles. The northern or lesser block has been so completely altered in con-nection with the modern additions that it has entirely lost its antique. GROUND FLOOR 1ST FLOOR Fio. i4iJ.—Myies CasUe. Plans. character. It will be observed from the Plans that the walls of this blockalmost are all solid building, without openings of any kind, the ancientopenings being now either all built up or lost in wide slappings for passagesof communication. In these circumstances it is not now possible to deter-mine where the oinginal entrance was situated, but the general scheme ofthe buildings as shown on the Plan may be regarded as accurate. Amid all these changes the southern block remains unaltered on theground floor, as does also most of what is seen in the View from the South-East (Fig. 1440). The ground floor is lofty and vaulted, and containedthe usual cellars, with probably a kitchen. In the south round tower there are an upper and lower tier of shot-holes beneath the vault, and there has been a wooden floor, as is still * We are greatly i
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