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From Kennedy Hickman, About.com

Guard House and Powder Magazines in the Nether Bailey of Stirling Castle.

Photo © 2007 Patricia A. Hickman

Tucked into the Nether Bailey of Stirling Castle are the powder magazines and a guard house. Constructed around 1810, and protected by thick walls, three of the magazines were built with parabolic vaults and baffled side vents to contain potential explosions. A fourth magazine, at the far end, was constructed in 1860 for the Volunteer Corps.

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