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Additional Notices of Yetts, Or Grated Iron Doors, of Scottish Castle D Towersan S Y Davib 6 28 PKOCEED1NG SOCIETYE TH F O S , APRI , 188823 L . V. ADDITIONAL NOTICES OF YETTS, OR GRATED IRON DOORS, OF SCOTTISH CASTLE D TOWERSAN S Y DAVIB . D CHRISTISON, M.D., F.S.A. SOOT. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the Society for 1883, I described, perhap minutelyo sto , twenty-four iron-grated door "r s o yett s " peculiar to ancient Scottish castles, and I should not have reverted to subjecte th ,t thawerno t t ei twenty-tw o additional examples have since become known to me, some of them differing considerably from those previously described e numbeTh . f knowo r n yetts, thereforew no s i , raised to forty-six, without reckoning three iron gates of exceptional con- struction ; and although it is quite possible that others may still remain n obscurityi e timth , e seems appropriate enoug r summinhfo r ou p gu whole knowledge on the subject. In the present paper I shall give, first, a general description of the yetts; secondly n alphabeticaa , l f listhemo t , with dimensiond an s certain other details j thirdly, brief notice f suco s s eithea h r havt no e been already describe r requiro d e additional remarks d fourthlyan ; , general observation thein so r histor distributiond yan . I GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Construction.—It iremarkablsa e fact that, with verexceptionsw yfe , e survivinth g defensive iron door f Scotlano s e constructear d e th n o d same principle, consisting essentiall alternatn a n yi e interpenetratiof o n the bars, in such a manner that the perpendiculars pierce dilated "eyes" in the horizontals in two diagonally opposite quarters, while it is the reverse in the two other quarters. The result is a firmly compacted gate e withdrawb , fron ca m r whicnba singlyo hn t firsA t. sighe th t mod whicn ei h suc t togethe pu ha gat s i e r seems somewhat puzzling; t whe bu e barth n s with their eyes have been forged s i merel t i , y requisite (see diagram. Proceedings, 1883, p. 119) to run the lower horizontals throug e perpendicular e eyeth hth f e so th e sided on an , f o s upper horizontals through the eyes of the perpendiculars of the other ON THE GKATED IRON DOORS OF SCOTTISH CASTLES. 287 side, thus forming as it were two half gates, which are then easily run into each other. e designTh e workear s t wit ou o dattention h o regularityt n d an , apparently very muc y rul b hf thumb o ee bare rarelTh ar s . y equi- distan t n som;i e cases then acrosyru s somewhat obliquely n otheri , s the themselvee yar t straight sno mose Th t . remarkable instance th f eo first irregularit e yet t th Castla t n i es yi Menzies, wher e distanceth e s betwee r Eobere barsSi n th furnishes y a ,b t e Menziesm o dt , are—along 4Jthp eto , 81 , 5,8 £ 8f , inches7 , dowd sidee an ; nth , 4 , , \99.>8| ,9 ,, 9J, 5-J, 5j inches. Of the second and third irregularities, examples will be found in the drawing of Drumlanrig yett (Proceedings, 1883, p. 112). Form Dimensions.—d an The majorit rectangulae yar considerabla r; e number, however round-headede ar , .e double-leavedar Onl o ytw , both round-headed. Only three hav havr wicketseo d edimensionha e Th . f so the smallest yett (Dingwall) are 4 feet 3 \ inches by 3 feet 4 inches ; of the largest single-leaved one (Drumlanrig), 9 feet 1 inch by 6 feet \\ inch; largese oth f t double-leave (Doune)e don , aboue feet 8 Th fee 0 y 1 t. b t number of the bars is not always in proportion to the size of the yetts. Thu Dunrobie sth n yet e tDunbeat3 inches measure5 th d y b an , 7 h8 s one 66 by 43 inches, yet they have the same number of horizontal bars, ansmallee dth more ron eyets perpendiculaha t r tha largee rba nth r one. Hence it follows that the spaces between the bars vary considerably in different yetts. At Dunbeath they are only 5 inches square, at Com- longan abou inche8 t s square. thicknese Th e bar s suffereth sha f so d much reduction froe rusmth t of centuries in most, if not in all, cases. The most massive bars, measured by me, are in the probably very old yett at Comlongan. Some of them are If inch square, expanding to 2| by If at the eyes. The thinnest are perhaps at Closeburn, 1-J by f. The frame bars are generally somewhat thicker tha containee nth d bars. Hinges.—Ordinarily hinges thertwo .eare Abou yetts thira tthe d,of however, have three ; heaviese somth f eo t yetts having only two, while some of the lightest have three. The hinge-knuckle is either a complete e greatecirclth r o e r par f oneo d revolvet an , a cylindrica n so l crook, ON THE GRATED IRON DOORS OF SCOTTISH CASTLES. 289 deeply sunk in the wall. In fig. 1 I have represented several varieties of hinges, drawn roughly to scale ; (a) is a side view and section of an ordinary hinge, partly recesse e wallth t Fyvin a ,di e Castle a sid ) e(b ; e doorwavieth f wo t Braikieya , showing successively fro e rightmth , e exterioth r moulding e rebat th d ,recesse an e de woode hingth r fo en rebate th doord recesse d an e an , de iro hingth n r fronyetta fo e ) (c t; vie sectio d e hinge-knucklwan th f no Dumbartof eo n yett, exceptionally t righa t tse angle -tho st e face ; e incomplet(d)th e circular knucklt a e Pitreavie unique th ) (e e; hinge t Barnsa s Tower, recesse e ironth n -i d work of the yett itself; (/) the peculiar bent end of the upright frame bar in the massive yett at Dundas, so fashioned as to pivot on the floor, directly unde singlrthe e hinge neatopthe r ; (g)a straigh t floor-pivot at Drum, formed by a prolongation of the frame bar, which higher up is itself encircled by two hinges, but this is a modern arrangement. At Smailholm (fig. 11) ther s alsi e floor-pivota o d botan ;h n i ther d an e iron-lathen a d doo t Dunbeata r h (fig. 13), hinge f altogetheo s r excep- tional form occur. Eeturning to fig. 1, the peculiar hinges (1) of the iron woodee th f o yett nt d Kinnaird a doo an ,) (2 r showe enlargen a ar , n no d formee th scal horizontae n t I th (Ji):rea crooe l limth s squaredkf i b o , and is protected from friction by a thick collar; the upright limb is shorter than the knuckle, and has a flange round the greater part of woodee hinge th e topTh th f e.o e horizonta n th doo s ha r e l th lim f o b crook squared furnishes i d an , d wit hthia n collar. Bolts Fastenings.—d an The great majorit f yetto ye fastenear s y db boltprincipla n so e commonl r fielyfo duse w gatesbole dno Th t .slide s throug couplha ringf eo s barone th . s int fixes i walle ohold a th d an ,n e i hasa y pb closing ove staplea r , place perpendicue th f do usualle on -n yo r bars varietla A . f thesyo e bolts, drawe samth eo nt scale showe ar , n ni t d DundaCratheA an fig ) . 2 (6 .s simple (d)ar e forms whicn i , e hth bolt is cylindrical throughout. In (e) (Dingwall) the bolt is thickened (Fyvi) (e Edinburgd d an e roughlan ) e middle(a th hn n yi I Castle. ) the middle portion is thickened and squared. This enlargement checks bole th t from movin faro ga purposto , e whic s effectei h d otherwisn i e some cylindrical bolts, as at Crathes (b), by a projecting pin on one side, t a e othere sidd colla th d on ean n an o ,n r o n pi t Dingwal a a y b ) (e l VOL. XXII. ... T E GEATETH N O D I.RON DOCK SCOTTISf SO H CASTLES1 29 . Fordel a colla y n eacb lo r h e haspside e usuallTh ar s. y simpld an e straight, as at Fyvie (a) and Dingwall (e) • or more elegantly formed wit h a curvet Edinburga s a , h Castle (c). Som e providear e d wita h lifting ring (a, b, c, e). Exceptional forms of hasps occur at Inver- quharity, Craig (figs Crathe, 7)d 6 ., an wher, s b) (fig , 2 e. the zigzage yar , and Dundas (d), where they are shaped like the letter b. In this drawin e much-worth g n has s beepha n restore o somethint d g liks it e original form. The bolts at Fyvie are remarkably massive, two being e thir th inche 5 d 2 an s 9 long2 . Eac differenthef a h o s mha t maker's formarke largese superiod th m Th an f showe o . ar te r t (a)on nsiza f e,o from drawings furnishe Reve r Milneth M .y db . An exceptional bolt occurs at Fingask (fig.
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