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THIRD PERIOD 326 NIDDRIE CASTLE consequence than convenient arrangement of plan, so, instead of extend- ing the walls, the proprietor rather added a story or two to the already lofty keep. The building had originally a parapet walk round the top, the corbel table of which still remains, and the roof probably rose at once above this, as at Elphinstone, Whittingham, and many other places. The parapet was now raised as the wall of an additional story, and thus a feature was created which afterwards became the usual form of the upper floors of later designs. Some of the windows of this raised portion are deeply recessed and splayed outwards, as shown on Fig. 277. They resemble in these respects the east windows of Linlith- gow Palace, built about 1500. They seem to have had pointed arched pediments of a curious and unusual design. Niddrie, or Niddrie Seaton, to give the full designation by which it was anciently known, was built by George, fourth Lord Seaton, who fell at Flodden in 1513. The castle and lands remained in the same family till the time of Charles i., when they passed into the possession of the Hopes of Hopetoun, the ancestors of the present Earl of Hopetoun. CRAIG CASTLE, ABERDEENSHIRE. Situated in a romantic and strong position on the rocky bank of a remote glen in the parish of Auchendoir, Craig Castle has for centuries FIG. 278. Craig Castle. been the residence of the ancient family of the Gordons of Craig. The