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 CARNOCK CASTLE 4-93 FOURTH PERIOD initials of Master Thomas Nicolson and Isobel Henderson. The mould- ings of all the dormers are finished at their junction with the lintel in the same unusual manner as this one. One of the south dormers (lower left-hand figure) represents some remarkable insignias, possibly in connection with the Nova Scotian Baronetcy. FIG. 921. Carnock Castle. View from the South- West. Originally the building has been surmounted with a parapet resting on a continuous corbel table, and provided with embrasures, some of which still remain over the principal staircase tower (Fig. 922). The parapet for the most part still exists, but it is reduced in height, and shorn of its embrasures. At the west gable it is jutted out on bold corbels so as to allow the parapet walk to be continued round the projection of the chimney-stack. The parapet over the larger tower is the only portion which remains almost entire. The part between the two towers has been greatly cut away to allow a large chimney to be carried up. The smaller tower is now finished with a crow-stepped gable (pro-