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FOURTH PERIOD 298 TOLQUHAN CASTLE front, with its two central towers and great round flanking towers at the two extremities, is very similar in effect to what we find here, except that at Tolquhan the large tower at the western end only is round, that at the east end being square. Shot-holes are placed in all the towers so as to command the different faces of the building. mi. if T PUAN f OF r FinsT FLOOR 1 I t f 7 FIG. 753. Tolquhan Castle. Plan of First Floor. The courtyard is of good size, being about 68 feet by 50 feet. The principal entrance and staircase of the house are in the south-west angle. Opposite the door is a guard-room, and a passage conducts along the basement to the various cellars and the kitchen, which are all vaulted. One of the cellars communicates, as usual, with the hall by a small stair. The kitchen has the ordinary large fireplace, with oven, stone sink, and drain. It has also a small stair to the private room above. All the windows