OS1/14/40/78
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Stirling Tower (Edzell Castle), Contd [Continued] | 020 | [continued from page 77] "and solidity of workmanship will bear comparison with any of modern times, It is popularly believed to have been erected by the old family of Stirling, but beyond its bearing their name no other evidence exists, The walls of the keep are from four to six feet thick, and, apart from the regular window lights, are here and there perforated by Circular, and oblong loopholes, The base floor of the tower consists of two damp, gloomy, vaults to which a faint glimmer of light is admitted through small apertures", Land of the Lindsays The Stirling Tower on the South, and a round tower on the North, are connected by a range of apartments more or less delapidated. |
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| FLOWER GARDEN [Edzell Castle] | Flower Garden | 020 | The Courtyard behind the building is of a large extent, and the walls of the Flower Garden are still entire, embellished with a large number of sculptures of the Heathen Deities, and Sciences, with the Well still remaining in the South Corner, and the Summer house, of late repaired, on the South east, | |
| WELL [Edzell Castle] | Well | 020 | The Courtyard behind the building is of a large extent, and the walls of the Flower Garden are still entire, embellished with a large number of sculptures of the Heathen Deities, and Sciences, with the Well still remaining in the South Corner, and the Summer house, of late repaired, on the South east, Outside the garden wall at the "Well" are the remains of, what Mr. Jarvise believes to have been, baths, but which are popularly considered Washing houses, The kitchen garden was situated where the Ornamental ground now is [continued on page 79] |
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| SUMMER HOUSE [Edzell Castle] | Summer house | 020 | The Courtyard behind the building is of a large extent, and the walls of the Flower Garden are still entire, embellished with a large number of sculptures of the Heathen Deities, and Sciences, with the Well still remaining in the South Corner, and the Summer house, of late repaired, on the South east, Outside the garden wall at the "Well" are the remains of, what Mr. Jarvise believes to have been, baths, but which are popularly considered Washing houses, The kitchen garden was situated where the Ornamental ground now is [continued on page 79] |
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[Page] 78Co. [County] Forfar -- Parish of Edzell
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