The architectural antiquities of Great Britain : represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of various ancient English edifices : with historical and descriptive accounts of each (1807)
Britton, John, 1771-1857 · London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, J. Taylor, Architectural Library, and the author · leaf 249
s no appearance of port-cullis or machicolation in any part. According to flolinshed, and to some other historians, Richard of Conis-borough, Earl of Cambridge, and grandson to Edward HE was born within thewalls of this castle. The ruins and site of the fortress now belong to theDuke of Leeds. It… … SOME ACCOUNT OF jfttWefmm Castle* YORKSHIRE. This castle is very dissimilar in its general forms, proportions, and arrange-ment to that just described. Here the outwork, or surrounding wall, formsa regular parallelogram, measuring about 240 feet from N. to S. by 190 in theopposite direction. At…
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