Identifier: castellateddomes05macg (find matches)
Title: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: MacGibbon, David, d. 1902 Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930
Subjects: Architecture Architecture, Domestic Castles
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Fig. 125tt.—The Parish Church, iStirliiit;. Interior of Apse. FOURTH PERIOD U4 — STIRLING PARISH CHURCH
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Fio. 12G0.—The Parish Cliurcli, Stirling. West Tower. DYSART CHURCH — 145 — FOURTH PERIOD The tower up to the first parapet is oblong on plan, measuring about31 feet along the front or longest face; above this it becomes square,measuring about 25 feet on each side. From the ground to the upperparapet is about 85 feet, and about 100 feet to the top of the turretspire. A more picturesque application of the Scottish style to ecclesias-tical purposes could scarcely be imagined. DYSART CHURCH, Fifeshire. Dysart Church is remarkable on account of its tower (Fig. 1261), which differs considerably from the other church towers of Fife, and is very strongly allied to the domestic style of the country; indeed, so closely does it resemble a pele tower that it might easily be mistaken for one. The whole building probably dates from the beginning of the sixteenth century. The tower is in good preservation, but the church itself is in a state of great neglect and ruin. The tower is situated at

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