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 THIRD PERIOD 490 LINLITHGOW PALACE and bases, and foliage in the lintels (Fig. 420). richly carved brackets for lights, similar to Knights Hospitallers in Linlithgow, to be narrow passage in the thickness of the west from the north end of the hall to the angle and also gives access to the chamber from On the sloping hood are those in the hall of the afterwards described. A wall gives communication staircase at the south end, which the portcullis was FIG. 421. Linlithgow Palace. Plan of Second Floor. worked. The small windows of this passage are seen in Fig. 425. There is a similar passage over this one in the floor above (Fig. 421), forming a means of communication from the north to the south turret staircase, and being also available as a gallery, from which the members of the Court or others might witness the proceedings in the hall below. This