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FOURTH PERIOD 116 GLAMIS CASTLE high, of which three at least were vaulted. Round the top of the walls there was a corbelled parapet, some of the corbels of which still remain in the heightened west gable (Figs. 577 and 579)- Extending from this SOUTH WING SECOND H.OOR PLAN pnM' r r r r r. r r r r r FIG. 578. Glamis Castle. Plan of First Floor and Great Hall. keep southwards were the walls of enceinte, three sides of which are shown in the Theatrum Scotice, with a walk behind the parapet on top. Two round towers, still existing in the lawn, at a considerable distance from the castle, were doubtless attached to these walls, which thus formed a very large courtyard, while outside of all was a moat with mounds and ditches, which may be still partly traced. Inside the walls of enceinte were erected ranges of buildings mostly with lean-to roofs, and a range running across the centre divided the courtyard into two. These two courtyards are shown by Slezer each with a tower, having an arched gate- way and vaulted passage. The inner gateway between the two courts is represented with a drawbridge. A print of the drawing from the