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 BALLINBREICH CASTLE __ 415 _ I>KKIOI> alteration, and extensive buildings were erected against the inside of the western curtain,, while the angles at the west and east of the original keep were included within the castle and occupied with buildings. The land entrance was then changed to the east side, as shown on plan r where an arched entrance and gatehouse similar to those at Castle Campbell were built. These alterations probably took place in the castle about 1572, as we were informed that a stone with this date, and the letters A. E. R. (Andrew, fifth Earl of Rothes), was taken from above this doorway, but is now apparently lost. The chief alterations and additions, however, appear, from their style r which is of an advanced Renaissance order, to belong to a somewhat later period (Fig. 854-). FIG. 856. Ballinbreich Castle. Plan'of First Floor. During these alterations the keep was heightened. The old parapet corbels, which are left on the east and north sides, show its original height (Fig. 855). Its west wall was also taken down, and the building.