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 THIRD PERIOD 488 LINLITHGOW PALACE The first floor (Fig. 419) contains all the principal apartments. The east side is chiefly occupied with the great hall, called also the " Parlia- ment Hall " from having been the place where several Parliaments were held. It is 100 feet long by 30 feet wide, and with its lofty open timber roof must have been a spacious and imposing chamber. A portion of the roof at either end, about 6 or 7 feet in length, is arched in stone, this arching being finished off with a splayed edge. The lower part of the FIG. 419. Linlithgow Palace. Plan of First Floor. springing may be observed in Fig. 420. The original entrance was by a wide and enriched door near the north end, to which a handsome flight of steps no doubt originally led from the courtyard. But these steps seem to have been removed and the door disused when the angle turret was inserted. This was probably done when the two southern angle