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NOTLAND CASTLE 215 FOURTH PERIOD is 17 feet high, and contained the kitchen, 35 feet long, by the breadth of the building, less a passage leading to stores beyond (Fig. 672). The fireplace at the west end measures 17 feet by 9 feet, and contains a round FIG. 674. Notland Castle. Section. oven in the thickness of the wall, and three shot-holes. From the kitchen a stair, now nearly gone, led up to an entresol landing in the great staircase (Fig. 674). It seems probable that the vault of the basement had an upper or entresol floor at this level, as the north-east tower contains two stories in the same height, both vaulted, the entrance to the upper of which is seen on the section about 9 feet above the ground level. The shot-holes on this level also indicate the existence of a floor, as that would be necessary in order to render them of any use. Another straight service stair led up from the kitchen floor to the great hall. The base- ment and entresol are principally lighted by the shot-holes, which must