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 INCHOCH CASTLE 247 FOURTH PERIOD 30 feet by 17 feet, well lighted, and has a large fireplace with moulded jambs, and a shield bearing the cognisance of the proprietors, the Hays of Lochloy (Fig. 701). A small chamber, formed in the thickness of the wall which contains the kitchen chimney, enters off the hall at the north-east angle. On the stair landing adjoining the hall door there is a basin, with an O.G. arch, and provided with a drain (Fig. 701) for washing hands. We have already met with several examples of these basins at Sauchie and elsewhere. Two corbelled staircases in the angles of the towers led to the upper floors. FIG. 702. Inchoch Castle. View from the North-East Judging from its style and construction, this building was probably erected in the latter half of the sixteenth century. At a later period the accommodation was found insufficient, and the addition shown by hatched lines on the plan was made, providing on the ground floor a large kitchen, and an additional large public room on the first floor. This room had a separate outer door in the south wall, which must have been furnished with a stair or wooden steps leading down to the ground