. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. m the wall of enceinte,and is clearly an addition of the second period, its construction beingexactly similar to that of the other large keeps of the period on the FIRST PERIOD — 48 DUART CASTLE mainland, such as Dundonald in Ayrshire, and Drum in Deeside. Thekeep has in this case, as in many others in the West, been added tothe primitive wall of enceinte. The entrance gateway to the courtyard(Fig. 12) is in the centre of the south wall. The original opening was6 feet wide, surmounted with a pl
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. m the wall of enceinte,and is clearly an addition of the second period, its construction beingexactly similar to that of the other large keeps of the period on the FIRST PERIOD — 48 DUART CASTLE mainland, such as Dundonald in Ayrshire, and Drum in Deeside. Thekeep has in this case, as in many others in the West, been added tothe primitive wall of enceinte. The entrance gateway to the courtyard(Fig. 12) is in the centre of the south wall. The original opening was6 feet wide, surmounted with a plain pointed arch splayed on the has been reduced at a late time by partly building up the opening,when also a porch or gate-house was added. Surrounding the interiorof the courtyard on the east and north sides are the remains of amansion, apparently of the seventeenth century. Returning to the keep, the original doorway, which has a roundarched head, was on the first floor, at some height above the level of therock outside. The sill has, however, been cut down to suit the new levels. Fig. 12.—Duart Castle. View from South-East. of the floors, which have evidently been altered when the later additionswere made in the courtyard. The keep seems originally to have had abasement story, but apparently the floor has been lowered (at the sametime that the door sill was cut down, as above mentioned), and the base-ment may then have been filled up. This could now only be ascertainedby excavation. The windows on the existing ground floor have the deep round-arched recesses with stone seats and small openings for light usual in thefourteenth-century keeps. The floor of these window recesses is con-siderably above the existing level of the keep floor, showing that thelatter has been lowered, as already noticed. The eastern wall is of thegreat thickness of 15 feet. This probably arises from the east wall ofthe keep having been built against the older west wall of enceinte, DUA
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