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 PHILORTH HOUSE 507 FOURTH PERIOD Linlithgow Palace, of which they were the keepers. There was an older house, according to Waldie, on the site, belonging to the Drummond family, the predecessors of the Livingstones. The western tower probably formed part of that house, which was taken down by the later proprietors. It is supposed that the inscribed stones already referred to are from this building. The initials A. D. would correspond with the name of the builders (the Drummonds), and the date, 1582, would accord with the style of the western tower. The additions made to the keep in this instance tend as far as pos- sible to obliterate it as a keep, and to convert it into part of a straight range of buildings, both externally and internally. PHILORTH HOUSE, ABERDEENSHIRE Philorth House, the residence of Lord Saltoun, stands about two FIG. 934. Philorth House. View from the West. miles south from Fraserburgh, and about half that distance from the