Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 280
has two, and had three, stages. The basement,the floor of which is upon the ground level, contains an octagonchamber, 23 feet from face to face, with walls 13 feet 6 inches thick.In each face is a recess, 6 feet broad, having a semicircular head,the edge of which has a double chamfer, with an… … BLOODY AND WAKEFIELD TOWERS. BASEMENT. across, which contracts rapidly to a loop-hole. The north-east andnorth-west recesses are 7 feet and 6 feet deep, and are blank, withoutloops. The west recess is only 2 feet 6 inches deep, and was pro-bably closed when the Bloody Tower was built. The eastern…
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