The last Scottish Castles.

Preface One [Geoffrey Stell, Inspector of Ancient Monuments - RCAHMS] (3)
Preface Two [Walter Sage, Universität Bamberg] (4)
Prefatory note (5-6)
Translator’s note (6)
List of abbreviations (9-12)

Part I: A. Introduction to Scottish castellology (13-19 / 13-118)

1. Some remarks on this study (17-19)
2. Some practical hints (19)

B. Criteria for dating and interpretation (20-118)

1. Architectural criteria (20-94)
   1. Typological and comparative approach (20-24)
   2. Architectural details (24-40)
   3. Heraldic decor and inscriptions (41-57)
      • Chronology of heraldic panels (42-49)
      • Chronology of heraldic dates (49-53)
      • Inscriptions (53-57)
   4. Masons‘ marks (58-67)
      • The relative chronology of construction within a specific object (61-64)
      • Masons‘ marks and the comparative approach (64-66)
      • The mobility of masons (67)
   5. Gun ports, gun loops and shot holes (68-94)
      • Keyhole gun loops, dumb-bell gun loops and crosslet keyhole gun loops (70-79)
      • Wide-mouthed gun ports (80-83)
      • Special variants (83-89)
      • Shot holes (89-94)
2. Documentary criteria (95-118)
   1. Direct references (95-107)
      • Castrum – castell – castle (95-96)
      • Fortalicium – fortalice (96-98)
      • Turris – toure – tower (98)
      • Manerium – manor place (98-99)
      • Mansio – mansion (100)
      • Domus – hous(e) – stonehouse (101-102)
      • Locus – place (102-104)
      • Principale messuagium – chief messuage (104-105)
      • Terrae dominicales – mains (105-106)
      • Terra mensalis – bordland (106)
      • Miscellaneous (107)
   2. Indirect references (107-109)
   3. Licences to fortify a place (109-114)
   4. Interpretation of feu charters (114-117)
   5. Historical maps and illustrations (117-118)
      • Maps (117)
      • Illustrations (118)

Part II: C. Hall, hall house and ‚Saalgeschoßhaus‘ (119-151)

1. The hall within traditional settlement sites and island settlements (119-124)
2. Hall resp. palace in castle of enceinte and courtyard castle (125-136)
3. Hall house, fortified house, and Saalgeschoßhaus (136-151)

D. Laird’s house (152-156)

E. The fortified house in the south of Scotland (157-192)

1. Pele house (157-172)
   1. Introduction (157)
   2. Architecture (158-162)
   3. Written Sources (162-172)
2. Bastle house (172-189)
   1. Introduction (172)
   2. The bastle house of the Southeast (172-177)
   3. The bastle house of the Southwest (177-180)
      • Historical evidence (181-189)
3. Block houses (189-192)

F. Peel towers: The tower houses of the Borders (193-232)

1. Geography and history (193-201)
2. General architecture (202-216)
3. Plan variants (216-219)
   1. L-plan peels (216-218)
   2. T-plan peels (218)
   3. Z-plan peels (218)
   4. Other variants (219)
4. Barmkins and subsidiary buildings (219-232)
   1. Barmkins (219-224)
   2. Domestic offices and outbuildings (224-228)
   3. Water supply (229)
   4. Sites (229-230)
   5. Enclosures and cultivation terraces (231-232)

G. Tower-house architecture near perfection (233-262)

1. The L-plan (233)-242
   1. Type L1: L-plan tower house with flanking rectangular wing (234-237)
   2. Type L2: L-plan tower house with flanking circular tower (237-239)
   3. Type L3: L-plan tower house with rear circular tower (240-241)
   4. Type L4: L-plan tower house with rear square tower (241-242)
2. The Z-plan (243-258)
   1. Type Z1: Z-plan tower house with two round towers (245-250)
   2. Type Z2: Z-plan tower house with round and square towers (251-254)
   3. Type Z3: Z-plan tower house with two square towers (254-258)
3. Miscellaneous (258-262)
   1. Type L/Z: The ‚Fenton‘ concept (258-259)
   2. Special variants (259-262)

H. Artillery fortifications (263-309)

1. Introduction (263-264)
2. ‚Early‘ artillery fortifications (264-274)
3. Block houses (275-280)
4. Sir James Hamilton of Finnart [1530/1540] - A master of military architecture (281-284)
5. Minor fortifications and special variants (285-289)
   1. Special variants (289-294)
6. Fortifications dating from the ‚Rough Wooing‘ (294-295)
   1. English fortifications (295-301)
   2. French fortifications (301-302)
7. Cromwellian fortifications (302-304)
8. Government barracks of the early 18^th century (304-308)
9. Epilogue (309)

I. Summary (310-312)

1. Zusammenfassung (313-315)

J. Literature (317-336)

K. Appendix (337-369)

1. Place index (337-363)
2. Index of illustrations and copyrights (364-369)