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FOURTH PERIOD 104 CRAIGIEVAR CASTLE chased in 1610 by William Forbes (a cadet of Corse), who had enriched himself by trading, the house was finished by him in 1626. The castle now belongs to his descendant, Sir William Forbes, the eighth Baronet. It stands on a hill-side, and was formerly surrounded by a wall, with round towers at the angles, enclosing a courtyard which contained the stables and other offices. One of these towers and a portion of the wall still survive. This castle, in all its features, is a striking exemplification of almost all the peculiarities above referred to as being characteristic of Scotch Domestic Architecture at the beginning of the seventeenth century. It retains most of the traditional elements, but they are subjected to con- siderable modifications. FIG. 570. Craigievar Castle. Plan of Ground Floor, and enlarged Plan of Hall. Thus, the house is built 011 the old L plan (Fig.. 570), but on the north and east sides the original simple form is departed from by the wall being partly jutted out (probably to afford the means of defence with firearms), while on the upper floors turrets are introduced in the angles of these projections and at the north-west corner, in such a manner as almost entirely to obliterate the idea of the original plan (Figs. 571 and 572). These turrets and the gables are corbelled out with ornamental mouldings, and are carried up above the roof with the profusion of picturesque pinnacles and points which mark the period, and distinguish it from the simple style of the preceding century.