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 THIRD PERIOD 280 DUFFUS CASTLE The windows have well-formed recesses, and the jambs have double splays. The small square windows of the basement recall similar openings at IBT Rait Castle, and the small pointed win- ^f dows are also of a similar character in ^ both buildings. It is now impossible to decide what the internal arrangements were, but it is probable that the stair ascended in the passage to the left of the entrance door, the other wall recesses being occu- pied with guard-room, passages, garde- robes, etc. The castle belonged originally to the De Moravia family, and afterwards passed , ,-, f .-, /> rj .-,, j > , to the family of Sutherland, who bore the title of Lord Duffus from 1650 till 1843. PIG. 231. Duffus Castle. Plan of Keep. REDCASTLE, FORFARSHIRE. Redcastle occupies a very ancient site, overlooking the German Ocean, at the mouth of the Lunan Water, a few miles south from Montrose. A castle was erected here by William the Lion as a hunting- seat, and it is possible that the fragment of the ancient and massive wall 5 6- Fio.' 232. Redcastle. Ground Plan. of enceinte still existing (Fig. 232) may be a part of the original fortress. The keep has been of the ordinary quadrilateral figure, the foundations