KTHIE CASTLE 40? FOURTH PERIOD now to detect what the original plan may have been, but the portion con- taining the principal rooms, and shown in the centre and on the right in the sketch (Fig. 848), seems to be the oldest. OUTER COURTYARD FIG. 849. Ethie Castle. Plan. The block at the south-west angle (Fig. 84-9) contains on the ground floor three vaulted chambers, one of them with a private stair to the floor above. The brick divisions of these are modern, but are probably substituted for old ones. Judging from the size of the old chimney, which still remains over the east end, part of this floor probably contained the kitchen. The walls of this portion are very thick, and on removing the " harling " from the old red sandstone, of which the whole is built, many small windows and narrow loopholes were discovered. Everything
