. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. BATTLEMENTS THIRD FLOOR Fio. Plans. lighted with four windows, one on each side, and has a large fireplace inthe west wall. In the north-east corner is a mural closet, which mayhave been a sleeping place, as it measures about 7 feet by 3 feet 9 inches,and has two small slits for ventilation. There is a sink in the hall, andalso various cupboards. The joisting of the floor above has rested on a BARK CASTLE — 185 THIRD PERIOD moulded projecting course of masonry. A narrow private
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. BATTLEMENTS THIRD FLOOR Fio. Plans. lighted with four windows, one on each side, and has a large fireplace inthe west wall. In the north-east corner is a mural closet, which mayhave been a sleeping place, as it measures about 7 feet by 3 feet 9 inches,and has two small slits for ventilation. There is a sink in the hall, andalso various cupboards. The joisting of the floor above has rested on a BARK CASTLE — 185 THIRD PERIOD moulded projecting course of masonry. A narrow private stair in thesouth-west corner leads to the second and third tloors, to which the mainstair likewise gives access. These floors were probably each divided intotwo apartments, there being garde-robes provided for that number ofrooms, besides various mural chambers. The battlements (Fig. 122) extend all Iound the building. The cornerturrets have been roofed in, and had piobably enclosing doors. The. Fic. 122.—Ban^Caslle, from North-East. ^-corbelling which supports the parapet wall of the east front is notlaid level. This has arisen either from design or carelessness, and doesnot appear to be due to any sinking of the foundations. There arevarious inscriptions on the building; over the porch (Fig. 123) are theletters I. W. and M. H. On the lintel at the foot of the stair are carvedthe initials L. H. I. C, with the date 1680; and on the battlements thereappear the letters and figures W. 0. 1699. THIRD PERIOD — 186 CARRICK CASTLE Crawfurd, in his History of Renfrewshire, informs us that Barr was the seat of an ancient family of the surname of Glen, and that aboutthe end of the sixteenth century it was in the possession of a branch of theFersuslie Hamiltons, with whom it remained till about the end of last
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