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 THIRD PERIOD 336 - BALVAIRD CASTLE in the north-east corner of this entresol floor is the usual pit for prisoners. The kitchen is on the ground floor in the wing. FIG. 287. Balvaird Castle. Plan of Ground Floor. The hall is on the first floor (Fig. 288), with private room adjoining, in the wing. The fireplace is well preserved, and is a good specimen of fifteenth-century work (Fig. 289). There are three large windows with seats, and a fine ambry or sideboard (Fig. 289), ornamented with the late Gothic carved work of the period, very similar to that at Borthwick, and with the letters of the sacred monogram Jesu Maria.