12 Craigiiiillar and its Environs. 



Beyond this to the east, west, and north are outer 

 walls, strong and high, enclosing a space of about 

 i\ acre within the castle bounds, which formed the 

 outer bailey or courtyard. The south wall is 

 merely a continuation of the castle front along 

 the top of the precipice. Within these walls, again, 

 various offices were built at different times. The 

 outer wall on the north side runs nearly parallel 

 with the north curtain, and a little beyond the line 

 of the curtain door it turns off at right angles out- 

 wards for about 17 feet, and in this space is contained 

 the first or outer entrance, being a round arched 

 gateway, 7 feet 4 inches wide by 10 feet 6 inches 

 high, in a wall 4 feet 6 inches thick. The position 

 of this gateway is so chosen that, in the event of 

 its being forced, the assailants would not be able 

 to make a straight rush to the door in the curtain 

 wall. It is also commanded by a round tower at the 

 north-east corner, which guards the east wall likewise. 

 This tower was also fitted up as a pigeon-house. 



The curtain walls are about 28 feet high to the 

 top of the parapet, and 5 feet thick. In the north 



