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SPEDLIN S TOWER FOURTH PERIOD in their deep bays, and that on the east side has a deep ambry. The window in the south end may have been originally similar to the above. It still has a stone seat on one side, and the stair to the basement would then enter from the other side of the window recess. But this window " FIG. 514. Spedlin's Tower. View from the South-West. has been altered, probably at the same time that the access to the keep was altered, so as to make the entrance directly into the hall. The other window in the western wall, with the sloping recess, was probably opened up at the same time. It will be observed that it is larger and