Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 467
a-milebelow its reception of the Dearne, in the midst of a grand sylvanamphitheatre. Its name declares it to have been a seat, and itsposition to have been a fitting seat, of Saxon royalty ; and themighty earthworks which constitute its most ancient defences, pro-claim the value of the possession… … Conisboroiigli Castle, 433 wholly fictitious. Those, and they are many, who ascend theguarded mount, care little for the great Norman Earl who raisedits tower; to them it is peopled with the creations of Scott. Thechamber remains, though roofless, in which he places the funeralbanquet of Athelstan,…
Architecture · Architecture, Medieval · Military architecture
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