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 THIRD PERIOD 414 HAINING CASTLE (which is vaulted) to the first floor except by the hatch in the recess of the small window in the east wall. The door of the keep has been defended by a projecting bartizan at the roof (Fig. 358), which still exists. There was probably originally a parapet, with bartizans at the angles, at this level, before the alterations in the sixteenth century. The roof was likely constructed of stone, similar to that of Craigmillar, as the top story has a pointed vault for the purpose of carrying it, which still remains. Fio. 358. Haining Castle. View from the North-East. The castle, which was built by the family of Crawford in the reign of James in., appears to have received additions on two separate occasions. In 1540 it was acquired by the Livingstons, who probably then added the southern portion of the addition (to the left in Fig. 358), and in 1633, when James, third son of the first Earl of Linlithgow, was created Baron Livingston of Almond, and changed the name of the castle from Haining to Almond Castle. The first of these additions is a symmetrically balanced composition, with a turret at each end and a door in each turret. There seems also to have been a large central oriel, the founda- tions of which still remain. The whole of this building is executed with good freestone ashlar, and the southern turret has round windows of a spurious Gothic design. This building formed a kind of " forework " to the keep, and contained a handsome staircase leading up to the doorway