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ROWALLAN CASTLE 383 FOURTH PERIOD the east front enters awkwardly off the stair, as will be seen from the first-floor plan, but, notwithstanding this, must have been one of the principal apartments, with the two round towers opening into it, and occupying the most prominent part of the building, immediately over the entrance. The lines shown on the plan of this room indicate partitions, seemingly of old date, but which have never been finished. The room FIG. 830. Rowallan Castle. Fireplace in Room over Dining-Room. at the north end of this apartment was no doubt a bedroom entering from it. The window in the private room, with its stone seats, and the fireplace in the room over the dining-room, which is evidently of old date (Fig. 830), are indications that some parts of the building are of considerable age.