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 BALBEGNO - 81 - FOURTH PERIOD and cellars. The first floor contains the hall, 29 feet 6 inches by 19 feet inches (almost exactly the same as Towie Barclay), and is vaulted in two compartments with a groined and ribbed vault springing from carved corbels (Fig. 545). These represent grotesque heads at the centre spring- ing, and bear shields in the angles. The bosses also contain shields. FIG. 546. Balbegno. View from the North-East. The compartments of the vaulting are rudely painted with the armorial bearings of some of the principal families in Scotland, still legible, although a good deal damaged. Adjoining the hall is a private room. The second floor is divided into four bedrooms, each having a garde-robe. The various corners of the main building have had angle turrets similar VOL. II. F