A tacche e architettura domestica della Scozia, dal XII al XVIII secolo . eet al di sopra della terra e viene stretto, gli stipiti avente una cavità longitudinale dello stampo- quarto periodo 352 TERRINGZEAN CASTELLO ing intorno a loro. L'accesso al dooi è stato mobile, come due corbelsprojected dalla parete per sostenere il platt, una delle quali rimane ancora.L'esistente di Windows sono poche e piccole; altri, lungo con caminetti,sarebbe cancellato nella realizzazione di grandi aperture, &c. Nel lato ovest vi è inserito sopra il vertice del pannello di grandi dimensioni asquare pietra con il EGLINTON ARMS tagliato su di esso (s

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The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . eet above the ground, and is narrow, the jambs having a cavetto mould- FOURTH PERIOD 352 TERRINGZEAN CASTLE ing round them. The access to the dooi has been movable, as two corbelsprojected from the wall to support the platt, one of which still remains.The existing old windows are few and small; others, along with fireplaces, would be obliterated in making the large openings, &c. In the west side there, is inserted above the apex of the large panel asquare stone with the Eglinton arms cut on it (see Fig. 1457). Throughsome mistake it is placed upside down. The corbelling under the parapethas a continuous moulded course at top and bottom, and two rows ofdetached corbels between. This structure evidently dates from the six-teenth century, and resembles several of the castles in North Ayrshire, illustrated in Vol. ill. TERRINGZEAN CASTLE, Ayrshire. This ruin is situated within the grounds of Dumfries House. Itstands on the summit of a high steep bank which skirts the haughs that , /*?^%#. /1 Fio. 1458.—Terringzean Castle. Plan. WHITSLADE TOWER 353 FOURTH PERIOD lie along the river Lugar. The portion tinted black on Plan (Fig. 1458)represents an ancient castle, of which the tower rises in a very brokencondition to a height of 20 or 30 feet. It is built of large square stonesin cour.-^es, with a double-splayed base. The tower is irregular in shape, and is a small structure, having a square apartment inside measuring about12 feet square. It has been vaulted, and the vault has had three ribs.On the ground floor the tower enters from the courtyard by a narrowpassage through the wall, and from this passage a wheel-stair has led upto the upper floors and to the top of the walls. The hatched portions ofthe Plan show later walls, which are now little more than foundations.They appear to have been cleared out, as shown on Plan, by lines along-side the walls, so as to show their full

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