The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ures ofthe old domestic architecture have survived. During the fifteenth andsixteenth centuries, and even earlier, a considerable trade was carried onbetween the ports on the Frith of Forth and the Continent, especially theLow Countries, and these towns were consequently amongst the richest POUUTH PERIOD ?2i OULROSS communities in the country; hence the superior style of their domesticarchitecture. Of these a few examples are given on the north side of theFrith from Culross, Inverkeithing, Kirkc
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ures ofthe old domestic architecture have survived. During the fifteenth andsixteenth centuries, and even earlier, a considerable trade was carried onbetween the ports on the Frith of Forth and the Continent, especially theLow Countries, and these towns were consequently amongst the richest POUUTH PERIOD ?2i OULROSS communities in the country; hence the superior style of their domesticarchitecture. Of these a few examples are given on the north side of theFrith from Culross, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Dysart, &c., while thetowns on the south side are illustiated from Boness to Prestonpans. Other specimens might be shown, but the following are fairly repre-sentative and will suffice. CULROSS, Perthshire. This old and now deserted town occupies a narrow strip of ground onthe north side of the Frith of Forth beneath a steep bank, the summit ofwhich is crowned with the ruins of the ancient abbey. It was created aroyal burgh by James vi. in 1588, when it had acquired considerable com-. «,.rt>.>-/if ///A Via. 1124.—Culross Tin; .Study, from the Nurtli. mercial prosperity in connection with coal workings and the manufactureof salt. The smiths or hammermen of Culross were famous for theirmake of girdles for baking oatcakes, for which they held a monopoly,ratified by James vi. in ] 599. Besides the ruins of the abbey and theold kirk, Culross retains some structures which still serve to recall PERTHSHIllK — 25 — FOURTH PERIOD its ancient importance. The large mansion of the Bruces of Kinloss,erected in the beginning of the seventeenth century, and altered bySir William Bruce at the end of the same century, presents an imposingappearance (see Supplement). The palace of Culross has already been described.* Mr. D. Beve-ridge, in his work Between the Ochils and the Forth, points out that theproper name of this structure is the Colonels Close, by Colonel John
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