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BALVENV CASTLE 389 THIRD PERIOD being supplied with a garde-robe, in which there are deeply splayed shot-holes. The garde-robes are roofed over at a low level, so that windows at a higher level may be introduced above them to light the apartments, as indicated by dotted lines on the plan. The great round tower at the south-east angle is provided with shot-holes enfilading the side walls. On the first floor there is at the west end the old hall, with its pointed vault, thick walls, and small windows, which has apparently been super- seded by the new hall to the east, with three large windows in the outer wall. To the east of this is the private room and bedrooms, while on the upper floor there appears to have been a similar hall, which was probably the withdrawing-room, with ornamental windows (sketch, Fig. 334). The apartments seem to have extended all round the quadrangle, but only the foundations can now be traced. The picturesque stair turrets and other features in the view of the interior of the courtyard (Fig. 336) evidently belong to the sixteenth century. FIG. 33(3. Balveny Castle. Interior of Courtyard. John Stewart of Balveny was the son of James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn, and Jean, widow of James i., who married the Knight of Lorn after her first husband's death. John of Balveny was thus James ii.'s half brother, and was in great favour with the King, who presented him with the lands of Balveny on his marriage to Margaret,