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 THIRD PERIOD 234 ELPHINSTONE CASTLE about 10 feet above the floor (Sections looking west and north). Thus the lord or lady, by stepping out of their private room to this window, could overlook what was going on in the hall, subject to the incon- FIG. 192. Elphinstone Castle. Plans and Sections. veiiience of the smoke (when there was any) from the great hall fire. Spy-holes are frequently to be met with in old castles, but this one is of a unique kind. Into this very fireplace there is a small spy-hole from