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Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance  |
According to MacGibbon & Ross in volume III of their magnum opus
The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland (from the twelfth to the eighteenth century): "
CASTLE MAOIL (Skye, Inverness-shire) A strong keep of the Macdonalds, built on a detached mass of rock near Kyle Akin, and commanding the narrow strait between the mainland and Skye. It was originally 30 feet 6 inches long by 17 feet wide internally, with walls 9 feet in thickness, but only those at the north-east and south-west angles remain. The site is surrounded on three sides by the sea, and on the fourth is cut off from a neck of land which rises about 20 feet above the tide. The walls are built close to the edge of the rock, and the portions remaining are still of some height (35 to 40 feet), and contain windows about 2 feet square, with wide square receses internally arched over. There are no signs of vaulting or rests for beams, but the tower has been at least three stories in height. From its style it probably belongs to the fifteenth century."
MacGibbon & Ross published their five volume survey between 1887-1892 and it remains, to this day, unsurpassed as a record of early Scottish domestic architecture.
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