. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. FIRST PERIOD — 92 URQUHART CASTLE acquired in 1509 by the Grants, who had rendered good service to theCrown against the Lord of the Isles. In order to secure a firm andsettled government in this turbulent region, James iv. granted a charter. ^ }[:.^^^^/^--i^^ Fig. 46.—Urquhart Castle. Keep, from North-West. to the lands and castle in favour of John Grant of Freuchie, in which heis required to repair, build up, and construct in the capital messuage ofUrquhart, a tower, with a counterscarp or ram
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. FIRST PERIOD — 92 URQUHART CASTLE acquired in 1509 by the Grants, who had rendered good service to theCrown against the Lord of the Isles. In order to secure a firm andsettled government in this turbulent region, James iv. granted a charter. ^ }[:.^^^^/^--i^^ Fig. 46.—Urquhart Castle. Keep, from North-West. to the lands and castle in favour of John Grant of Freuchie, in which heis required to repair, build up, and construct in the capital messuage ofUrquhart, a tower, with a counterscarp or rampart of stone and lime, and URQUHART CASTLE 93 FIRST PERIOD also within the castle a hall, chamber, and kitchen, and all other needfulhouses and offices. As we shall presently see, these conditions seem tohave been implemented by the Grants, who have maintained their posses-sion, but not without a struggle, till the present time. In 1545 the castlewas attacked by the Macdonalds and Camerons, when they carried offtwenty pieces of artillery and a powder^ vessel. The structure seems tohave been abandoned about the beginning of last century, and all roofingand woodwork have since then disappeared. The existing ruins retaintraces of several periods of the eventful history of the fortress. This castle, like so many of the other primitiv
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