. The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence. [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . chard. Andwhen the approach of an enemy has been announced, and the bagpipes haveresounded to Tullochard or Seaforths Gathering, the hill- sides havebeen peopled with the plaided warrior armed for strife. After the battle of Glenshiel in the year 1719, the Castle of Donan wasdismantled, and it still remains a ruin. Originally the castle is supposedto have consisted of seven towers. One side of a tower or keep, which was80 feet high, remains, along
. The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence. [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . chard. Andwhen the approach of an enemy has been announced, and the bagpipes haveresounded to Tullochard or Seaforths Gathering, the hill- sides havebeen peopled with the plaided warrior armed for strife. After the battle of Glenshiel in the year 1719, the Castle of Donan wasdismantled, and it still remains a ruin. Originally the castle is supposedto have consisted of seven towers. One side of a tower or keep, which was80 feet high, remains, along with the ruins of the older buildings. Ellan-donan is now the property of Alexander Matheson, Esq. of Ardross, the counties of Eoss and Cromartie. His ancestor, John Mathesonof Lochalsh, was constable of the castle, under the Baron of Kintail, whenit was besieged by Donald Gorm in 1539. The defender of the castle waskilled, as well as its besieger. Mr. Matheson has kindly furnished a photo-graph of a drawing of the ruins by Kenneth Macleay, , from whichthe engraving here given has been made. 1 Reor. Sec. Sig., vol. xv. fol. < I-z uJ u QC _l • < o UJ (J or I < H z 03 < cc z UJ UJ o X 1- Q I- u. < z u. < o aId J X _1 Ul Ul UJ o z -Jo UJ a Ul VI ? ul DC
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