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 ROSYTH CASTLE 293 THIRD PERIOD to secure the preservation of this memorial of that event, as this part of the castle is fast going to destruction. On the level of this panel, adjoin- ing the keep, there are the corbels of a projecting turret staircase, of which only the merest fragment remains. This staircase has entered from the keep at the two main floors, and formed a connection between the keep and the additional buildings. The corbelling of another turret may also be seen at the north-west corner of this wall. Fio. 247. Rosyth Castle. Entrance Porch to Courtyard. Built into the walls of a farm-steading adjoining are some carved window pediments from the castle. One with a scroll contains the name of Stewart. The dovecot at Rosyth (Fig. 248) is oblong in plan, with a fine stone roof and gabled ends, having crow-steps with gablets, a form by no means common in Scotland. There is a remarkable scroll carved on the lintel of the doorway. The ancestor of the Stewarts of Rosyth was James Stewart of Duris- deer, brother-germaii to Walter, the Great Steward of Scotland, father of King Robert n.