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 NEWARK CASTLE 249 THIRD PERIOD there may have originally been a door giving access to the basement. The internal communication between the first floor and the basement is by a staircase in the north-west angle of the walls, partly circular and pai'tly straight. The first floor (Fig. 205) contains the hall at the east end, and the kitchen at the west end. The latter had a separate entrance from the newel stair, and seems to have been divided from the hall by a partition, in- dicated by dotted lines, as at Klphinstone Castle. It has a great fireplace, with seat and cupboard at one end, and two mural closets. The hall was lighted with two large windows to the south, set Pio. 205. Newark Castle. Plan of First Floor. in deeply recessed square bays. The north wall contained within its thickness a small guard-room adjoining the entrance to the keep and the staircase, and two other mural chambers. A second newel staircase in the south-east angle of FIG. 206. Newark Castle. View from the South-East. the walls, together with that in the north-west angle, gave access to the upper floors. These are now inaccessible, but evidently contained the