 founded soon after the Conquest, but has at different times since received important additions ; its present form approaches to a circle, and the buildings are enclosed by an irregular court, surrounded by a moat. The entrance to the keep is through...  The Sportsman - Sida 202Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Daniel Paterson - 1822 - 784 sidor
...murdered : iliia building is flanked by 3 semicircular towers, and a square one of later con . struction. The various apartments contain a good collection of...superior style. During the civil wars this castle wae fortiucd for the king, and sustained a severe siege in the year 1646; about the same time, the... | |
 | John Preston Neale - 1823 - 424 sidor
...Norman construction. The Donjon Keep is built on a mount, and rises above the rest of the building ; it is flanked by three semicircular towers, and a square one of later date, all embattled ; on the top of the Keep is a walk fifty-eight feet long for the Warder, which... | |
 | 1829 - 188 sidor
...Norman construction. The Donjon Keep is built on a mount, and rises above the rest of the building ; it is flanked by three semicircular towers, and a square one of later date, all embattled ; on the top of the Keep is a walk fifty-eight feet long for the Warder, which... | |
 | 1829 - 304 sidor
...Norman construction. The Donjon Keep is built on a mount, and rises above the rest of the building ; it is flanked by three semicircular towers, and a square one of later date, all embattled ; on the top of the Keep is a walk fifty-eight feet long for the Warder, which... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1860 - 392 sidor
...court, surrounded by a moat. The entrance to the keep is through an elegant sculptured arched door-way, leading to a flight of steps, over which an apartment,...collection of portraits, many of them executed in a Tery superior style. During the civil wars, this castle was fortified for the King, and sustained a... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1863 - 386 sidor
...court, surrounded by a moat. The entrance to the keep is through an elegant sculptured arched doorway, leading to a flight of steps, over which an apartment,...semi-circular towers, and a square one of later construction. Duelling was very prevalent in England until the last five-and-twenty years, and it would be difficult... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1866 - 452 sidor
...over which an apartment is shown as the place where Edward II. was barbarously murdered. The btulding is flanked by three semicircular towers, and a square one of later construction. During the civil wars, this castle was fortified for the king, and sustained a severe siege in the... | |
 | Sir James Dixon Mackenzie (7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat) - 1896 - 582 sidor
...several periods. The Norman shell keep, the most ancient part, is irregularly circular in plan, and is flanked by three semicircular towers, and a square one of later construction ; its walls are massive and high. There is an external staircase giving access to the keep, and over... | |
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