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were used as a Court House in connection with, the Barony, 

 the under flat was appropriated to the use of domestics. A 

 little to the south of the Checker House was a similar building, 

 which was wholly devoted to stabling and storage ; but 

 both these buildings were cleared away during the eighteenth 

 century, the only reminder of this position of the stabling 

 being the still existing tower called the Garner or 

 Avener's.* 



The stretch of curtain wall from the Barbican to the Clock 

 Tower cannot be earlier than tlie middle of the sixteenth 

 century. This part of the walls is provided with a small 

 garret (the Avener's Tower just mentioned), but has no passage 

 along the battlements. In making arrangements within the 

 curtain the first Duke discontinued the stables in the bailies, 

 and in lieu of them erected others to the west of the Clock 

 Tower, giving them an entrance between the latter and the 

 Avener's Tower. Towards the latter years of Hugh, third 

 Duke, the stables were again extended and a riding school 

 was provided. And in this part of the castle a further 

 addition was made in 1854 by Duke Algernon, namely the 

 new "Guest Hall," in which, when not required for its 

 original purpose, the ducal carriages are stored. 



The buildings from the Auditor's Tower to the second 

 Gateway have during the last two centuries been subjected 

 to great changes, first in the middle of the 18th century, 

 and still more so during the recent restorations. The second 

 Gateway may be ascribed to tlie time of the second Percy 

 lord, 1315 to 1353. Like the Barbican it was defended by 

 a fosse, gates, battlements, and a portcullis. In addition 

 to these it was provided with a prison, and contained ample 

 lody;ing for domestics. 



The next iu order is the Warder's Tower, which dates 

 from 1854, having supplanted one of the preceding century. 

 A few paces to tlie east of the latter is an ancient garret, 

 erected on a small patch of Norman masonry, which shows 

 the line of the curtain wall during the time of the De 

 Vescis. 



* French "avoine," an oat; an Avener being an officer in charge of 

 grain. 



