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 LOCHHOUSE TOWER FOURTH PERIOD was also an attic floor, probably used by some of the family or retainers, who would then be ready for instantly manning the battlements in case FIG. 506. Lochhouse Tower. View from the South- West. of need. The external set-off, where the wall of the top story is thinned, is not common. It goes all round the tower. GROUND f'LOOR FIRST FLOOR FIG. 507. Lochhouse Tower. Plans. There seems to be no record of the erection of this tower, but, judging from its style, it was probably built in the sixteenth century. It belonged to the Johnstons of Corehead.