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 FOURTH PERIOD 300 TOLQUHA.N CASTLE and had a machicolated parapet, a few of the corbels of which still remain (Fig. 752). It formed a square tower on the east of the entrance gateway, corresponding with the round tower at the west corner of the north front. FIG. 754. Tolquhan Castle. View of South-West Angle of Courtyard. All interesting and almost unique feature connected with Tolquhan is the large fore court in front of the entrance (Fig. 755). This fore court is about 250 feet long by 150 feet wide, and is surrounded with walls, in which there is an entrance gateway at the northern extremity, flanked with shot-holes. Connected with the enclosing wall there were several houses or outbuildings, no doubt occupied by retainers, but these