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" The lower apartment in the principal tower still remains entire, being a squnrc of twenty feet, covered with a vaulted roof of stone, consisting of eight arches, of light and excellent workmanship. The groins are ornamented with various grotesque heads,... "
British Castles: Or, A Compendious History of the Ancient Military ... - Page 25
by Theodore Henry Fielding - 1825 - 72 pages
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 22

John Britton - 1814 - 1124 pages
...capital imd base of Norman architecture. In the centre of each arch rings are fixed, as if desiged for lamps to illuminate the vault. From the construction of this cell, and its situation in the chief tuwer of the fortress, it is not probable it • Pemb. Mera..VI p. 818. t Clarke's Survey, p. 5. it...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 16

1830 - 550 pages
...galleries, are overgrown with shrubs. The lower apartment in the principal tower still remains entire ; being a square of twenty feet, covered with a vaulted...not probable it was formed for a prison, but rather as used at the * Pemh. Mem. VI p. 216. t Pemb. Mem. VI p. IMS. Clarke's Survey, p. 5. 2 E 2 time of...
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A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series ...

James Bell - 1836 - 1004 pages
...covered with a vaulted roof ' i' stone, consisting of eight arches x>f light and beautiful workmanship. From the construction of this cell, and its situation...the chief tower of the fortress, it is not probable that it was formed for a prison, but us the retreat of the chief persons of the household, in the time...
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The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. [bound in 12 pt ...

England - 1840 - 248 pages
...covered with a vaulted roof of stone, consisting of eight arches of light and beautiful workmanship. From the construction of this cell, and its situation...the chief tower of the fortress, it is not probable that it was formed for a prison, but as the retreat of the chief persons of the household, in the time...
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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: North

John Timbs - 1872 - 602 pages
...overgrown with shrubs. The lower apartment in the principal tower still remains entire, being a squnrc of twenty feet, covered with a vaulted roof of stone,...the retreat of the chief persons of the household. All the other apartments are destroyed. The outer gateway is machicolated, and has the arms of Vaux...
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