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 SECOND PERIOD 206 CASTLE CAMPBELL them ; and the position of the windows, which are carried well up into the vaults, shows that this was not intended. FIG. 173. Castle Campbell. Section looking East. The ground floor has an inner door for protection, and very small loops for light. There is also here a specimen of the kind of accom- modation provided for prisoners in those days. A pit, feet  inches by 3 feet, is formed in the thickness of the wall at the south-east angle, and is entered from a trap in the ceiling opening from the floor of the wall chamber adjoining the fireplace of the hall above. The windows become larger and the rooms more cheerful as they ascend. There are the usual small chambers and recesses in the walls for garde-robes, etc. The first floor is the common hall, and the second and third floors are the private rooms of the lord and his family. Originally the vaulting of the top story has been intended to carry the stone roof, with which the keep was no doubt covered. This vault is ornamented with ribs and masks, similar to those of some of the apartments of the extended build- ings, which are of later date than the keep, and is clearly a restoration of that time. The ribs of the keep and the additions are shown by dotted lines on the plans of the third floor and ground floor. The