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FOURTH PERIOD GYLEM CASTLE floors of the main building, and from the third floor a " corkscrew " staircase, in a projecting turret, leads to a higher floor over the main staircase. There is no access now above the first floor. This floor, like the others, consists of a single apartment, about 16 feet by 14 feet, with FIG. 538. Gylera Castle. View from the Courtyard. .~^m^ three windows, that facing the entrance, as well as the window above it, having a shot-hole beneath (Fig. 539). In the thickness of the west wall there is a projecting garde-robe and stone sink, with drain into the flue of the former. Through the fireplace jamb, which is 2 feet 8 inches thick, into the recess of the adjoining window, there is an opening, about 15 inches square, at about 2 feet above the floor, and checked for a door