. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Theabove alteration of the top floor wasprobably executed at that time. The basement floor is vaulted, andwould, as usual, contain the stair descends to it from the first floor, and it has had a separate outerdoor on the east side, with double mouldings round the jambs and door, like that on the first floor, was defended with a wide machi-colation, projected on corbels at the top of the wall (Fig. 104). The base-ment has also been provided with a loop in the south gable. A sm
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Theabove alteration of the top floor wasprobably executed at that time. The basement floor is vaulted, andwould, as usual, contain the stair descends to it from the first floor, and it has had a separate outerdoor on the east side, with double mouldings round the jambs and door, like that on the first floor, was defended with a wide machi-colation, projected on corbels at the top of the wall (Fig. 104). The base-ment has also been provided with a loop in the south gable. A smalldungeon of the usual type seems to have been entered by a trap in thefirst floor at the foot of the turret staircase. At the base of the westwall an opening occurs with a carefully dressed check in the masonry,as if to receive a stone to close it. This was probably the outlet fromthe garde-robes above; other garde-robes projected on corbels are visiblein the west elevation. There would appear to have been a small court-yard on the south side of the tower, as the foundations of the enclosing. Fig. 102.—Castle Doorway. CASTLE STALCAIKE 165 — THIRD PEKiOD
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