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" ... the castle. Adjoining to this tower is a strong vaulted guard-room. " The walls enclose an irregular polygon, whose area contains about two acres. "
British Castles: Or, A Compendious History of the Ancient Military ... - Page 36
by Theodore Henry Fielding - 1825 - 72 pages
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The Antiquities of England and Wales, Volume 6

Francis Grose - 1784 - 422 pages
...this tower is a strong vaulted guard-room. The walls enclose an irregular polygon, whose area contains about two acres. They are flanked with towers, and...are remarkably rough, being built with a coarse grey whin-stone, but coignedand faced in many parts with a red gritt found in the neighbourhood. It is highly...
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A Tour Through the Isle of Man: To which is Subjoined a Review of the Manks ...

David Robertson - 1794 - 276 pages
...tower is a strong vaulted guard-room. " The walls enclose an irregular polygon, " whose area contains about two acres" They are flanked with towers, and...stone, but coigned and faced " in many parts with a red gritt found in " the neighbourhood. It is highly pro" bable this Island has been fortified in " some...
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A Tour Through the Island of Mann, in 1797 and 1798: Comprising Sketches of ...

John Feltham - 1798 - 330 pages
...acres. They af.e flanked with towers, and are remarkably rough, being built with a coarfe grey ftone, but coigned and faced in many parts with a red grit...found in the neighbourhood. It is highly probable this ifland has been fortified in fome manner ever fince the churches were built; but the prefent works...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 3

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 654 pages
...guard-room. " The walls inclose an irregular polygon, whose area contains about two acres. They are Hanked with towers, and are remarkably rough, being built...churches were built ; but the present works are said, by ])ishop Wilson, to have been constructed by Thomas, Earl of Derby, who first encompassed it with a...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 3

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 650 pages
...tower is a strong vaulted guard-room. " The walls inclose an irregular polygon, whose area containĀ» about two acres. They are flanked with towers, and are remarkably, rough, being built \vith a coarse grey stone, but coigncd and faced in many parts with a red grit found in the neighbourhood....
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Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels: Ivanhoe to Woodstock

1834 - 186 pages
...rivulet that runs from Kirk Jarmyn mountains. The walls enclose an irregular polygon, whose area contains about two acres. They are flanked with towers, and...are remarkably rough, being built with a coarse grey whinstone, but coigned and faced in many parts with a red grit, found in the neighbourhood. PEVERIL...
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An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the ..., Volume 1

Joseph Train - 1845 - 466 pages
...distinctly seen the battlemented walls in the form of an irregular polygon, built of coarse grey stones, coigned and faced in many parts with a red grit found in the neighbourhood ; the whole enclosing an area of five acres. Upwards of a century's decay has materially altered the...
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Feltham's Tour Through the Isle of Man, in 1797 and 1798: Comprising ...

John Feltham - 1861 - 322 pages
...tower is a strong vaulted guard-room. " The walls enclose an irregular polygon, whose area contains about two acres. They are flanked with towers, and...found in the neighbourhood. It is highly probable this island has been fortified in some manner ever since the churches were built ; but the present...
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Manx Society - 1871 - 272 pages
...this tower is a strong vaulted guard-room. The walls enclose an irregular polygon, whose area contains about two acres. They are flanked with towers, and...are remarkably rough, being built with a coarse grey whin stone, but coigned and faced in many parts with a red gritt found in the neighbourhood. It is...
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