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 BALLONE CASTLE 251 FOURTH PERIOD the accustomed private stair from the hall. The north-west angle tower is round externally and square internally, and both towers are provided with shot-holes flanking all the walls. The shot-holes have the deep outer splay usual about the middle of the sixteenth century. The first floor contains the hall in the main building (30 feet by 19 feet) and a private room in the circular tower. Two turret stairs lead from the hall to the upper floors. That at the north-west angle has also a door from the private room, and no doubt led to the family rooms, while the other probably led to strangers' rooms at the other end of the building. FIG. 705. Ballone Castle. Plans. The erections at the north end of the castle are of about the same date. They were no doubt built against the wall, which enclosed a small courtyard between the castle and the perpendicular rocks above the sea. These buildings are vaulted and seem to have contained bake- houses and other offices, with servants' rooms in an attic floor.