FENTON TOWER 271 FOURTH PERIOD private room and in the round tower, while another staircase turret, corbelled out in the re-entering angle of the south-west tower, led from the landing of the principal staircase to bedrooms at the western end of the building and in the square tower. The elevations are of the usual plain design. The corbelled projections on each side of the north tower (Fig. 728) give a picturesque effect, but the upper floors are inaccessible, and the use of the different divisions cannot be fully ascertained. The south-west tower has been provided with angle turrets on each side of the south gable of the tower. Over the entrance doorway there is a FIG. 728. Fenton Tower. View from the North- West. recess for a coat of arms. This is now empty, but Mr. D. Croal states in his Sketches of East Lothian that the date of 1577, along with the Carmichael arms and the initials J. C., were carved therein, the castle having been built by Sir John Carmichael, who was Warden of the Middle Marches. He was present at the Raid of Reidswire in 1575, one of the last of the Border fights, and was murdered by some Bor- derers in 1600. The castle has all the appearance of being of the above date.
