The hall and chapel of the infirmary extended east of this cloister, resembling in form and arrangement the nave and chancel of an aisled church. |
Two watchtowers and several houses are now growing up around a 30-ft high, aisled longhall that will eventually measure 60 ft long by 30 ft wide. |
These buildings may be compared with aisled churches in the Carolingian empire. |
The main house faced east towards the main gate with an aisled farmhouse to the north and a range of farm buildings to the south. |
Other structures from this period include underground storehouses, and aisled roundhouses, the latter usually in association with earlier broch sites. |
The hotel contains an oak timber frame thought to have formed the end of an aisled hall, a popular form of building among well-off peasants in the 13 th century. |