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SMAILHOLM TOWER 37 FOURTH PERIOD where there are the remains of a strong wall, about 70 feet in length, returning so as to form the barmkin (Fig. 503). The tower measures 39 feet 10 inches by 32 feet 2 inches, and is 57 feet high to the top of the vaulted roof. It is four stories in height, with the lower and upper stories vaulted (see Section, Fig. 503), the lower story being capable of subdivision into two floors. The en- trance is in the south front, by a low round-headed door, protected with a light iron yett and inner doors. The staircase in the angle of the south and east walls ascends to the upper stories, each of which consists of a single apartment with a fire- place, those on the first and second floors having garde-robes, and windows with stone seats. There is a square hatch in the centre of the vault between the basement and the first floor. Entering off the upper floor FIG. 505. Smailholm Tower. Fireplace of Hall and Side Window. (Fig. 504) there is a battlemented parapet on the north and south sides only, and none at the gables, an arrangement not uncommon in late