*]2 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OP chap. 111. 



gular form, and stands on an area of about 135- 

 feet by 105. The open court within is 108 

 feet by 65. The tower, which stands on the 

 north side, and near the north west angle, is 45 

 feet by 36 feet over the walls, and near 80 feet 

 high. The top is surrounded with battlements, 

 which project a foot over the walls. It has a 

 square roof in the middle, between which and 

 the battlements a passage goes quite round, 

 covered with flat stones. The walls of the two 

 lowest stories, both of which are vaulted, are 

 8y feet thick ; but, above these, they are only 

 7 feet thick. There is an apartment in it called 

 the Chapel ; and in the wall on the opposite side 

 of the court, the ruins of a room are still to be 

 seen, which was called the Chaplain's room. 



Connected with the tower, there is a house of 

 three stories, extending to the north-east corner, 

 built by the first Earl of Leven : and on the east 

 side of the court is another house of the same 

 height, built by the present Earl's grandfather. 

 On the south and west sides of the court there 

 is a high wall, which appears to be coeval witli 

 the tower ; and, without the wall, the remains 

 of a large fosse are still to be seen. The archi- 

 tecture of the keep is still very perfect ; and the 

 third storey has been lately repaired and made 

 habitable by the present Lord Balgonie- 



Besides 1 the ruinous buildings already men- 

 tioned, there are many others of inferior name, 

 but which were once the habitations of families 

 of great respectability ; and many castles and 

 mansion-houses of eminent men, the foundations 

 of which still remain, but which are so complete- 

 ly demolished, that we could scarcely discover 



