. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. rst period, with a simple enclosing wall 7 to 8 feet thick * We are indebted for the above particulars to the Rev. Donald Mackinnon,minister of the parish, and David Murray, Esq., writer, Glasgow. FIRST PERIOD ARDCHONNEL CASTLE (Fig. 43), but it lias been altered and operated upon in later times. Thespace within the walls measures about 63 feet square, and the wallsextend to the edge of the rocky platform at the southern point of thesmall island on which the castle is built (Fig. 44). It is sit
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. rst period, with a simple enclosing wall 7 to 8 feet thick * We are indebted for the above particulars to the Rev. Donald Mackinnon,minister of the parish, and David Murray, Esq., writer, Glasgow. FIRST PERIOD ARDCHONNEL CASTLE (Fig. 43), but it lias been altered and operated upon in later times. Thespace within the walls measures about 63 feet square, and the wallsextend to the edge of the rocky platform at the southern point of thesmall island on which the castle is built (Fig. 44). It is situated a fewhundred yards from the eastern shore of the loch, near Port Sherrach,and about 8 miles from Ford, at the head of the loch. To the north ofthe main castle lies a courtyard about 55 feet long, with a very thickwall on the west side, and two entrances at the north-west angle. Theseoccur opposite one another on a narrow neck of land at the north end ofthe courtyard. At that point a deep fissure is formed in the rock onthe east side of the island. This gives shelter on the beach to a small. Fig. 43.—Ardclionnel Castle. Plan. landing place for boats, from which some rude steps ascend in the creviceformed between the perpendicular faces of rock to the postern. Theapproach is thus well defended by nature, as well as by the battlementsof the courtyard wall above. The gateway on the opposite side of thenarrow neck (which is only about 17 feet wide) seems to have been theprincipal entrance to the courtyard. It is 6 feet 6 inches wide, and has a bar-hole in the wall on each side. A platform has been raised outside thisgateway to the level of the courtyard, with perpendicular sides towardsthe exterior, where the ground is considerably deeper than the platform would thus have to be approached by means of a ladder. AKDCHONNEL CASTLE — 89 — FIRST PERIOD The wall along the east side, both of the courtyard and castle, is con-siderably thinner than the other walls,
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