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FIRST PERIOD 106 BOTHWELL CASTLE (65 feet long by 32 feet wide), the chapel, and other buildings erected within the enceinte. These were no doubt constructed by the Douglases while they held the castle, as is apparent from the Douglas arms being carved in different places (Fig. 81). It is most likely that they were built by Earl Archibald the Grim, about 1400. The mouldings and enrichments correspond with those of the churches of that date, such as St. Bride's Chapel at Bothwell, which was founded by Archibald the Grim in 1398, and bears his arms, and Lincluden College, Dumfries, which was also rebuilt by him. FIG. 83. Bothwell Castle. View of Chapel, South-East Tower, and Window and Door in Hall. The hall is on the first floor, with vaulted cellars beneath. The east wall is built independently of the curtain, and about 18 inches from it, probably from a desire not to weaken the curtain, and also, perhaps, to secure a private passage along it. From the height of the sills of the windows in the west wall (Fig. 82), there would appear to have been a