Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 469
se works in masonry that were just thenbecome popular upon the Seine and the Orne; but the internalevidence of the oldest remaining work in stone, the encircling wall,shows it not to have been his work. Probably he found the worksrequired at Lewes, Ryegate, and Castle-acre, quite enough to… … a part of the outer gatehouse at the foot of the hill. There is noreason to suppose that there ever was a Norman keep. Probablythe whole inner ward, as at Exeter and Restormel, was regarded asa shell keep. The present tower is certainly a rather later addition.The view here given shows the ascent…
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