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 THIRD PERIOD 242 COMLONGAN CASTLE The corbels for carrying the beams of the floor above are also charged with arms, which are a good deal defaced and destroyed. FIG. 199. Comlongan Castle. View from the South-Bast. The two floors above need not be particularly described, as they are similar to the hall, with deeply recessed windows, mural chambers, etc., and will be easily understood from the plans. We may however refer to the two mural chambers or cupboards side by side in the south wall. They are continued up in the wall, till lost in darkness, as a gradually narrowing flue. The roof of the castle, a comparatively new one, covers in the space above ; and if there was a chimney-stack it has been removed. The whole arrangement naturally suggests a fireplace which has been altered. The doors have all the appearance of being original.