198 Fietp MEETINGS. 
viz.:—The building stones of the lower portion are mostly larger 
and packed in between with small stones, formerly termed block 
and sneck, while those of the upper portion are more regular and 
squarer dressed, and do not show nearly so much rock face, 
besides being less weathered. The windows of the upper portion 
are all safed with arches over the lintels, while the lower are 
not, except the large window in the hall, which has evidently been 
introduced at the time when the addition was built. The rybats 
of the upper windows are rounded at the edge, instead of being 
splayed like those of the lower stories. In the south-west corner 
is the dungeon (formed entirely in the thickness of the wall of 
the tower), measuring 9 ft. by 4 ft. wide and 15 ft. deep. 
Entrance to the dungeon is had by a hatchway at the foot of the 
staircase. It was in this dungeon that “ Dunty,”’ or as tradition 
has it a miller named Porteous, was imprisoned by one of the 
baronets, and having been forgotten was unfortunately left to die 
of starvation. His ghost is said to have haunted the building 
until the family chaplain exorcised and confined it to the dungeon 
in which it remained quietly as long as the family Bible was kept 
in the Castle. The story, however, is well-known, and need not 
be recapitulated in full here. Particular note should be taken of 
the elaborate design, and measures 8 ft. wide by 5 ft. high. The 
tower is built of Corncockle red sandstone, which stands the 
weather remarkably well; in fact the rope mouldings and cor- 
belling of the turrets are almost as perfect as the day they were 
dressed. Although roofless, it is in a remarkably good state of 
preservation for such an old building, the present proprietor, Mr 
D. Jardine Jardine, having had it all carefully pointed and 
repaired a few years ago.”’ 
Having surveyed the tower, the party broke up into groups. 
Some wandered through the policies and inspected the gardens ; 
others, under the guidance of Mr Chapman, walked to Corn- 
cockle Quarry, where also they were met by Mr Burke, manager 
for Messrs Benson, the lessees. A vast quantity of rock has been 
quarried during the last twenty years, but the supply has still 
been only slightly tapped. There is on one side a solid rock 
face 120 feet in height, which has not yet been touched; and in 
the bottom of the quarry great blocks are being cut out, as large 
as 22 feet in length and 24 feet thick. It is a sandstone of com- 
pact grain, of which large quantities are sent to the cities for 
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