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 FOURTH PERIOD 284 EARLSHALL man ding a view of the comparatively level tract of surrounding country,, with the German Ocean stretching to the eastwards (Fig. 742). In continuation of the western front there is a high enclosing wall,, extending 35 feet southwards, which connects the main building, with a square tower three stories high, attached to which on the south are later buildings, the whole forming a courtyard, enclosed on the east with a low parapet wall. A large garden, protected with walls high and strong is attached to the house, and is entered from the courtvard. The west FIG. 742. Earlshall. View from the South-East. front of the house is on the line of the west wall of the garden, as seen in the view from the north-west (Fig. 743). The west curtain, through which is the arched entrance gateway, has had a parapet and walk on top, with a round projecting bartizan in the centre, commanding the entrance. The corbelling of the turret rests on a shaft rising out of the frame of a panel containing the arms of the founder, Sir William Bruce of Earlshall (see Fig. 746, Details). The stone ridge of the roof, as will be observed from Fig. 742, is orna-