The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . SECTION Pig. 1326.—The Tower of Ardclach. Plans, Elevations, and Sections. * Memorials of Awj^lh and Mearns, p. 18. t Quoted by A. Jervise in Proceedings of the Societij oj Antiquaries, 1864, p. 346. X We have to thank the Tutors of Lethen for their kind permission to visit andmeasure this structure, and Mr. Donaldson of Nairn for information regarding itand the other belfries referred to. THE TOWER OF ARDCLACH 219 FOURTH PERIOD of which the river Findhorn flows in a deep and wide ravine. From t
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . SECTION Pig. 1326.—The Tower of Ardclach. Plans, Elevations, and Sections. * Memorials of Awj^lh and Mearns, p. 18. t Quoted by A. Jervise in Proceedings of the Societij oj Antiquaries, 1864, p. 346. X We have to thank the Tutors of Lethen for their kind permission to visit andmeasure this structure, and Mr. Donaldson of Nairn for information regarding itand the other belfries referred to. THE TOWER OF ARDCLACH 219 FOURTH PERIOD of which the river Findhorn flows in a deep and wide ravine. From thiselevated position the tower commands an extensive prospect over thewooded table-land through which the deep glen of the Findhorn is cut,stretching down the course of the river towards Forres (which is distantabout twelve miles) and upwards to the higher country lying inland. Theparish church of Ardclach is situated on a level haugh near the river,and the belfry thus stands several hundred feet higher than it, and.
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