Forse Castle (5)
The Rev. A. Miller was kind enough to provide MacGibbon &amp; Ross with a plan of the castle buildings, which they used in Castellated &amp; Domestic Architecture of Scotland.  This is a copy of the 'meenister's' original drawing.  It is unusual to have as detailed a drawing as this, of a castle that is as ruined as this one is, without there having been an excavation, however as I said before, the castle was a lot more complete a century ago than now.

The keep of course, was very small, and there would have been barely room for the laird's family to live in it, quite apart from anyone else.  The three room per floor, two storey building to the west of the small courtyard would have provided additional accommodation.  I have seen it suggested somewhere, that the building shaped like a hand-saw to the south-east, was stabling.  

The most interesting building was the small block immediately east of the keep.  It must have contained a guard room, because the entrance gate was between it and the keep.  Over the gateway at 1st floor level, there was a gallery with an arched window.  This small room would have been handy for defending the gateway, but additionally, it has been suggested that there may have been a portcullis and that it would have been operated from this room.  
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