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 ERCHLESS CASTLE 169 FOURTH PERIOD mansions, there being an additional room (at the end of the hall) on each floor, thus rendering it, as regards the number of rooms, more like a modern house. But there is as yet no corridor to give a separate access to the various apartments. FIG. 628. Peffermill House. View of Entrance Doorway, Dormer, and Sun-dial. The circular stair turret is characteristic of this late period, and it will be observed that the corbel course of the parapet has now disap- peared, its place being, however, still indicated by a string-course under the window-sills of the dormer windows. The angle turrets are entirely dispensed with, the steep crow-stepped gables occupying the whole space at the roof of the end walls. ERCHLESS CASTLE, INVERNESS-SHIRE. The drive of ten mites from the town of Beauly to Erchless is one of the most charming in Scotland. The views on the river Beauly, sometimes rushing between lofty precipices crowned with woods, and sometimes lying calmly and peacefully reflecting its rugged banks, are not any-