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to a vaulted kitchen with an aperture in the centre
of the roof communicating with the hall above.
To the right of the door is the commencement of a
stair evidently leading to a cellar. In the hall
is a fine arched fireplace flanked with jambs having
square capitals and abaci, and at the S. [South] end of
the room above is another fireplace whose jambs
& lintel are ornamented with facia mouldings
To the left of the entrance & directly outside the jamb of
the doorway is a slit from the kitchen, 2’.8” high and
5” wide commanding the doorway. The tower
shows no signs of reconstruction and the turrets
have no appearance of “modern” additions.
It is in good order and belongs to Mr.
Arthur Dalrymple Forbes Gordon. On the
W. [West] gable of one of the farm cottages at Upper
Huntlywood, high up on the wall is a much
decayed inscription which with the aid of
a ladder I deciphered
ISOBEL HVM VMVH[ILE] SPOVS OF A.H. OF HVTOVN
H. A.D. 1594” Hutoun H. I take to mean Hutton Hall.
Lothian accompanied me on a bicycle. The
camp on the Knock Hill did not agree with
Dr. [Doctor] Christison’s description so I felt obliged
to remeasure it. It is much dilapidated
especially on the S [South] and E. [East] On the S.W. [South West] and
S. [South] only one rampart remains but on the

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