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FOURTH PERIOD 278 HUNTLY CASTLE of Atholl in the thirteenth century. This may be so ; the great size of the south-west tower and the thickness of the walls tend to support that view. The existing round tower may in that case be erected on the foundations of a thirteenth-century castle, and the south wall of the main building may be on the ancient wall of enceinte. We are, at all events, aware that the site was occupied by a castle in the fifteenth century, part of which still forms the substructure of the existing keep. The situation is a good one, being on an elevated piece of ground at the junction of the Deveron and another stream, from which a moat might be supplied, so as to surround the whole site with water. FIG. 735. Huntly Castle. Plan of Ground Floor. After the battle of Glenlivet, in 1594, the castle was burned. It was rebuilt in 1602 by the first Marquis of Huntly, as the inscription above and below the windows of the south front makes plain. The keep stands on a sloping site, so that the ground on the south