 ... draw-bridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls, and good ditches filled to the edge with water ; and I believe there never was seen a castle more beautifully situated, for at once could be seen the Irish...  History of Scotland - Page 319by Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 626 pages
...that of a shield ; for it had only three sides all round, with a tower in each angle; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate, with a draw-bridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls, and good... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1828 - 740 pages
...that of a shield, for it had only three sides all round, with a tower in each angle ; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate with a draw-bridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It hr.da good wall, and good... | |
 | Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Caerlaverock (Scotland) - 1828 - 426 pages
...that of a shield, for it had only three sides all round, with a tower on each angle ; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate with a draw-bridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls, and good... | |
 | English essays - 1828 - 718 pages
...but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate with a draw-bridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It liad a good wall, and good ditches filled to the edge with water ; and I believe there never was seen... | |
 | Robert William Billings - Architecture - 1845 - 228 pages
...that of a shield, for it had only three sides all round, with a tower on each angle ; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate, with a draw-bridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls and good... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 468 pages
...shield (triangular), for it had only three sides all round, with a tower on each angle ; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large,...other defences. It had good walls and good ditches rilled to the edge with water ; and I believe there never was seen a castle more beautifully situated,... | |
 | George Grant (Author of Panorama of Science.) - 1849 - 322 pages
...of a shield; for it had only three sides all round, with a tower in each angle; but one of them wag a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate, with a drawbridge, well made, and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls, and good... | |
 | Henry White - 1854 - 424 pages
...that of a shield, for it had only three towers all round, with a tower at each angle ; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate, with a drawbridge well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls and good... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - History - 1864 - 426 pages
...Caerlaverock, a strong castle of the Maxwells, is thus described by an eye-witness in the year 1300, when it was besieged and taken by Edward the First...gate with the drawbridge, well made and strong, and a Bufficiency of other defences. It had good walls, and good ditches filled to the edge with water ;... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1887 - 848 pages
...Caerlaverock, a strong castle of the Maxwells,' is thus described by an eye-witness in the year 1300, when it was besieged and taken by Edward the First...gate with the drawbridge, well made and strong, and a Bufficiency of other defences. It had good walls, and good ditches filled to the edge with water; and... | |
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