Page:The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) - Volume 2.djvu/554

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FOURTH PERIOD 538 PITREAVIE (Fig. 961). This cellar is not in communication with the house, the opening shown between them on the plan being a mere " bole " window. The whole of the ground floor is vaulted, and contains the kitchen, with its wide arched fireplace, and a series of cellars entering off a passage. FIG. 959. Pitreavie. Plans. At the two angles where the wings join the oblong, turrets are carried up from the ground. To the height of the ground floor they are about 5 feet in outside diameter, and are lighted with narrow slits, having shot-holes beneath, commanding the approach to the house.