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THIRD PERIOD 338 BALVAIRD CASTLE whereby these garde-robes could be washed out with rain-water (sketch, Fig. '288). FIG. 289. Balvaird Castle. Fireplace, Anibry, etc. This points to an improvement in civilisation, and, looking to the elegance of the work, both external and internal, we must recognise in this castle a great advancement in architecture. Here, as at Sauchie, we