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 THIRD PERIOD 304 BALQUHAIN CASTLE probably on much the same lines as the older keep. Unfortunately so little of it now remains that it is scarcely possible to ascertain the dis- position of the interior ; but its massive and weather-stained grey walls FIG. 259. Balquhain Castle. View from the South-East. have a commanding and impressive effect. The walls enclosing the barmkin, which occupied the highest part of a knoll, and some of the out-buildings, can still be traced (see Fig. 260). Balquhain was the abode of Queen Mary the night before the battle of Corrichie, in 1562, and it stands within a short distance of the more Fi. 260. Balquhain Castle. Plan. famous battle-field of Harlaw (1414). The castle was burnt by the Duke of Cumberland in 1746. DARNAWAY CASTLE, MORAYSHIRE. Of this ancient seat of the Earls of Moray little now remains ; but fortunately, whilst almost all the masonry is new, the ancient oaken