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 FOURTH PERIOD ' W ~ ABERDOUR CASTLE Aberdour is the first instance we have given of a Scottish home, as dis- PIG. 908. Aberdour Castle. Interior of Chapel. tinguished trom the keep or castle. The plan is here quite different in idea from those we have hitherto con- sidered. Although the ancient keep is incorporated in the new design,, the general arrangement shows an entire freedom from the trammels of the old traditional forms, both of the "keep plan" and the " court- yard plan." At Elcho and Kelly there were bold steps taken towards greater con- venience and enlarged accommodation but the ruling feature of these designs was the retention of the keep as the centre nucleus around which all the additions clustered. Here, on the other hand, the new build- ings are scattered in whatever direction was found most suitable. The idea of defence is discarded, and the house is en- larged so as to give good light and accom- modation, and to make the fine southern exposure of the site available. FIG. 909. Aberdour Castle. Corner Sun-dial.