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The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)

Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 294

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rison. The keep or hold is that built byHenry 11., but of it only the E. side remains perfect, and also part of the YORKSHIRE 255 X. and S. faces ; the W. side was destroyed, probably after the siege. Ithas been a grand tower, nearly 100 feet in height, of the same characteras that of Rochester,… … lag Staff SCARIiOROUc;!! Xorman windows. The curtain wall, which was strongly embattled, andprovided with a defencible and machicolated gatehouse and many flankingtowers, w^as carried across the isthmus between the precipices of cliff oneither side. The remains of a deep well were discovered within…

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