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 BARNES CASTLE 333 FOURTH PERIOD whole encircled by a ribbon, having an inscription, of which only a letter here and there can be made out. Of these, on the upper part of the ribbon, are the initials W. C., doubtless those of William Comyn. The arms on the shield are unfortunately too much wasted to be made out. In this cottage was the old chair shown in Fig. 783, believed to have been part of the furniture of the castle. From the Appendix to Seton's Scottish Heraldry, page 478, we find that " Sir William Cumyng of Inverallochy" was, in the year 14-99;, Marchmont Herald, and that " the lands of Inverallochy were granted to him and Margaret Hay, his spouse, by a charter under the Great Seal, dated 18th January 1503-4. He was knighted in 1507." In a deed dated 17th July 1514 he is styled " Willelmus Cumyng de Innerallochy miles, alius Leo Rex Armorum," and again in 1518 he is designed " Lioun King-of-Armes." The castle may have been built by the " Lioun King," and we may positively say that it was not built before his time. BARNES CASTLE, HADDINGTONSHIRE. This remarkable ruin is situated on the eastern slope of the Garleton Hills, about midway between Longniddry and Haddington, and com- mands most extensive outlooks on all sides. Running parallel with the north-west front, and distant from it about 30 yards, is the edge of a steep precipitous bank 60 or 70 feet high. On all the other sides the ground is level, or nearly so, with a gradual declivity eastwards, and rising in the opposite direction. The plan of the building (Fig. 784), unlike the generality of con- temporary Scottish houses, combines in a remarkable degree the formally balanced and symmetrically arranged plan of a somewhat later time, with the stern fortified character of more ancient edifices. The only other contemporary buildings which resemble it in these particulars are Boyiie Castle, Banffshire,, and Birsay Palace, Orkney. Barnes Castle comprises an oblong space 163 feet by 126 feet, with square projecting towers on all sides. Measuring over the towers, the longest front extends to 191 feet 4 inches by 148 feet in the other direction. The main block of buildings faces the north-east, and the lesser block is along the north- west side. An extensive courtyard, surrounded with high walls, com- pletes the quadrangle. The buildings as they now exist are one story high, and in the main block and three of the towers they are all vaulted. From this circum-