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TARBERT CASTLE 141 FIRST PERIOD f 1RST F.WOR j i i r i r t FIG. 112. Upper Floors of Keep. leads off to the upper floors. There has been one apartment on each of these floors (Fig. 112) with wall chambers, and on the top floor only is there a fireplace, but doubtless the two floors beneath contained fireplaces in the now fallen walls. There are not many details about the keep, but what there are, as shown by sketches, Figs. 113 and 113A, all point to its erection at a late period. These are the gun-holes, several beaded windows, and beaded fireplace, the parapet with its con- tinuous corbelling, consisting of small mem- bers, and the general style of masonry. Additions have been made to the keep on the north-east side, con- sisting of two apartments, probably two stories in height, and entering from the courtyard, with shot-holes on each side of the door. One of these apartments was probably the kitchen. There is a stone sink and drain in the north- east angle. The accounts of the building, or rebuilding and exten- sion of the castle, or " Castrum," in the year 1 326, are preserved, and are printed in vol. i. of the Exchequer Rolls. It would appear from these that the King took a personal interest in the building, as is shown by his paying Robert the mason 5, 6s. 8d., in addition to his contract of 282, 15s., for having in the King's absence made the walls of an extra thickness. These and other figures from the Rolls denote Scots money. We also find the King's friends, William of Lamberton, / ,. cVosf '" FIG. 113A. Details of Keep. Bishop of St.. Andrews, and James Lord of Douglas, visiting the castle, and payments made for decorating their apartments and the hall with branches of birch, and for providing litter. We have the payments made to John the carpenter, Donald the blocker, Neill the plumber, and Neil the smith ; also the payments for burning and conveying lime by sea and land to Tarbert. The Rolls likewise contain payments for erecting a house in the castle,