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upon them. It may be that these shields bore the arms 

 of various families connected by marriage or otherwise with 

 the owner of the Castle, or possibly one of the numerous 

 confraternities of the middle ages was accustomed to meet 

 here, and the shields bore the arms of its members. Again the 

 insufficiency of the remains forbids more than vague 

 speculation. 



On the western half of the south wall I discovered faint 

 traces of two angels, painted in outline with great delicacy. 

 And on the east wall I found indications of a figure in a red 

 robe, which was probably at least four feet high. Nothing 

 definite is left of the figure excepting the left arm which is 

 placed " akimbo." 



On the upper N. wall of the N.E. corner I found traces 

 of similar treatment to that of the S. wall, but nothing is 

 left beyond a shield (sable, a saltire argent), and faint traces 

 of the " tree trunk " painting. Kound the north window was 

 a stencilled border, a portion of which, full size, I have 

 drawn.* 



On that part of the wall, at the south end, which was pro- 

 bably hung with ai'ras, I fi^nd traces of a cheque pattern in black, 

 gray, and white (also figured half-size.) This I should say 

 must have been painted considerably later than the upper wall — 

 possibly even as late as the 1 7th century. 



The window splays, as before remarked, have certainly 

 been decorated on two occasions, the second painting being 

 I think not much later than the first. All the details, as 

 far as possible, I have copied. They present no striking 

 peculiarities beyond that they were all without exception 

 stencilled. 



It has afforded me great pleasure to examine and copy 

 these quaint and interesting specimens of mediaeval art, and 

 I can only once more express my regret that so large a pro- 

 portion has disappeared, and my pleasure at being able 

 to preserve some memorial of the few fragments remaining. 



See Illustration No. 4. 



