INVERKIP CASTLE 297 THIRD PERIOD time (see Edzell Castle). The entrance to the hall was, as usual, on the first floor, to which a modern stone stair has now been built. FIG. 251. Inverkip Castle. View from the North- West. CRAIGNEIL CASTLE, COLMONELL, AYRSHIRE. A rectangular tower, 42 feet by 30 feet, situated on the top of a rocky height on the south side of the river Stinchar, opposite the village of Colmonell. The hill being partly composed of lime- stone, has been quarried out as far as the base of the castle, an operation which has greatly in- creased the picturesqueness of its situation (Fig. 253). This tower may belong to the fourteenth or fifteenth century. The walls are 6 feet thick. The entrance doorway is on the ground level at the south-east angle, where a newel staircase led to the upper floors (Fig. 252). A pecu- liarity here is that the basement has not been vaulted. There was a large hall on the first floor, but the principal hall was on the second floor, the roof of which is vaulted, and where remains of the great fire- place may still be traced. Fio. 252. Craigneil Castle. Plan ami Section.
