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 HOTHESAY CASTLE 81 FIRST PERIOD to its security, and its low situation enabled it to be surrounded with a deep fosse filled with water. This was for long filled up, but has within recent years been cleared out, and the wooden way of approach restored , by the present noble proprietor, the Marquis of Bute. It is said that FIG. .37. Rothesay Castle. General Plan, showing Moat, etc. some remains of the old wooden posts which carried the ancient bridge were found in the excavations. Architecturally, this is one of our most interesting castles, and is an admirable example of a thirteenth-century fortress. We here see (Fig. 57) the great wall of enceinte in its simplest form, defended by F