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FIRST PERIOD 66 CASTLE ROY tower having ever existed there. At the south-east angle the wall is broken away, as if for the purpose of adding a tower similar to that at the north-west angle, but appai-ently no tower has ever been built there. FIG. 45. Castle Roy. Interior looking North-East. The recess in the wall at the south-west angle, which is on the ground- level, seems to have been used as latrines. There is a projecting garde- robe over this in the upper part of the wall, but no appearance of any tower at this angle either. jflk, ...- /fj-'--'*X^*3q Vf/Z/'- r^?.s, - x >" -.-^ - - ^ - FIG. 46. Castle Roy from the South-East. The building seems to have been simply a large enclosing wall of great height, and no doubt well defended from the parapet, for the purpose of sheltering the vassals and their property. There were pro-