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FORDELL CASTLE 239 FOURTH PERIOD east tower. The' picturesque corbelling of the towers, the dormer windows without parapet, and the small crow-stepped gables, are all well- marked features of the above dates carved on the building (Figs. 693 and 694). In the apartment on the ground floor having the private stair, there are preserved several rather unusual relics of olden times. These com-