. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. 89 State of the building. Not a crack is visible ; and we predict that, until thestone disintegrates, the Castle will stand. Within the rooms is a singular provision for communication, perfectlyindependent of the staircase. In the centre of each floor is a square stone,fitted into a groove. These stones, when lifted up, show an opening from thesummit to the base of the tower, and by the aid of a rope and pulley therequirements of its inmates might be attended to, and all the inconveniences ofcarriage up the narrow staircase avoided. Ou
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. 89 State of the building. Not a crack is visible ; and we predict that, until thestone disintegrates, the Castle will stand. Within the rooms is a singular provision for communication, perfectlyindependent of the staircase. In the centre of each floor is a square stone,fitted into a groove. These stones, when lifted up, show an opening from thesummit to the base of the tower, and by the aid of a rope and pulley therequirements of its inmates might be attended to, and all the inconveniences ofcarriage up the narrow staircase avoided. Our notice of Coxton commenced by stating that it has no historical is, however, over its principal doorway, a large carved stone containingsome time-worn initials and armorial bearings, and the date 1644. This has beeninserted in the building at a period considerably later than that of its construction ;and, judging from parallel examples of style, we should be inclined to fix thefoundation of the tower fully a century earlier than this 13 90 THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL Craigievar Castle
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