. The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country;. ROSSOHU HOUSE, L ^^S^^*-. ?- ?? v> ^*^-»^^ jg^^mB^S^^^^^KK 1^ M^W^^^ jKafaWPfe- s^^P^;. ,^^ - 1^^. S, DUM BARTONSHIRE 1 THE CASTLE OF ROSSDHU. 43 what the old would have done—a memorial of the ancient proprietors ofLuss. The present mansion-house is built a little way to the east of the oldcastle, the fragments of which stUl standing, as well as the roofless wallsof Our Ladys Chapel of Eossdhu, which continues to be used as the familycemetery of the lairds of Luss, give variety to the view of this baronialresidence. The situation has been adnm-a
. The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country;. ROSSOHU HOUSE, L ^^S^^*-. ?- ?? v> ^*^-»^^ jg^^mB^S^^^^^KK 1^ M^W^^^ jKafaWPfe- s^^P^;. ,^^ - 1^^. S, DUM BARTONSHIRE 1 THE CASTLE OF ROSSDHU. 43 what the old would have done—a memorial of the ancient proprietors ofLuss. The present mansion-house is built a little way to the east of the oldcastle, the fragments of which stUl standing, as well as the roofless wallsof Our Ladys Chapel of Eossdhu, which continues to be used as the familycemetery of the lairds of Luss, give variety to the view of this baronialresidence. The situation has been adnm-ably selected. The land so strikinglyprojects into the lake that one could fancy as if it were stretching itselfforth from affection to the pure and transparent waters of an inland seaso remarkable for its beauty, while the water, as if reciprocating theemotion, grasped with its arms the projecting neck of land with theluxuriant trees and shrubs and the magnificent mansion that adorn it. Inthe front the situation commands one of the finest prospects of Lochlomond,and the islands towards the lower end; while in the rear is the long, quiet,we
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