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 AUCHINDOUN CASTLE 315 THIRD PEKIOD wing been has been entered by a stair down from the hall, and may have the private cellar. The walls are 8 to 10 feet in thickness. C B UUNO (-'LAN Fio. 268. Auchindoun Castle. Plans and Details. The first floor is occupied with the hall, 30 feet 6 inches long and 19 feet wide (Fig. 268). It has a large fireplace at the north end, and two windows in the east and west sides, near the fireplace, with stone seats in the recess. The east window has a cupboard, and the west window a door to the postern stair in the thickness of the wall. At the entrance from the principal stair there is a small guard-room in the thickness of the wall. The room in the wing on this floor has been the private room, with garde-robe, windows with seats, etc. The most remarkable thing about the hall is the vaulting. This is not of the usual barrel form, such as we find at Borthwick and Craig- millar, but has been groined and ribbed in two bays. The springings of the arches still remain (see sketch, Fig. 268), showing that they were of good form, and were supported on corbels. The central springing is carefully managed, and the mouldings are good, but the angle groin has not been so successfully set out, and an intermediate cap has had to be introduced to enable a fresh start to be made.