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 COREHOUSE CASTLE 405 FOURTH PERIOD mainland (Fig. 84?). This fosse is now crossed by a roadway, enclosed with stone walls, but was certainly originally defended with a drawbridge. The enclosing wall along the north side, next the fosse, is 6 feet in thick- ness, and the doorway which passes through it was strengthened with a sliding bar, the hole for which still remains. There appear to have been buildings in the courtyard, which probably contained the kitchen and offices, to judge from the oven and stone drain still existing. The main building extends along the west side of the rock, and contains on the FIG. 847. Corehouse Castle. Plan. ground floor four vaulted cellars, with doors to the courtyard. These have all narrow loops in the outer walls. At the south end there is a smaller building, which may have contained the staircase, and perhaps have been in the form of a tower. The first floor has apparently contained the hall, with a private room beyond, but, unfortunately, this floor is so ruinous that nothing more definite can be said of it.