The antiquities of England and Wales . fides are flanked by four towers ; three of themfquare, and one round. The round tower is at the fouth-eaftangle, and is much larger than the reft; the entrance is througha tower, facing fouth-weft. On the infide, adjoining to the walls, are buildings which havethe appearance of dwelling-houfes, and were probably apart-ments for the governor, and barracks for the garrifon. As thatprint was publifhed abroad, and well engraved, it was in all likeli-hood copied from fome Englifh draught, of approved authority,and of much earlier date; and indeed it thoroughl
The antiquities of England and Wales . fides are flanked by four towers ; three of themfquare, and one round. The round tower is at the fouth-eaftangle, and is much larger than the reft; the entrance is througha tower, facing fouth-weft. On the infide, adjoining to the walls, are buildings which havethe appearance of dwelling-houfes, and were probably apart-ments for the governor, and barracks for the garrifon. As thatprint was publifhed abroad, and well engraved, it was in all likeli-hood copied from fome Englifh draught, of approved authority,and of much earlier date; and indeed it thoroughly agrees withthe plan annexed, which had every mark of authenticity. In theyear 1769, when this view was taken, nothing remained but theg,?te-houfe, which then ferved for the county prifon. At a fmalldiftance from this building, is one of thofe artificial mounts, fofrequently to be found near antient caftles. Immediately underit, and oppofite the windows of the prifon, ftands the gallows for v -the execution of malefactors. PYTHA- If. CAMBRIDGESHIRE, *3 PYTHAGORASS SCHOOL. Fo R the following very ingenious differtation and defcriptionof this ancient building, I am obliged to a clergyman in theneighbourhood of Cambridge, well verfed in Englim antiquities,and particularly in thofe of the county wherein he refides. Before I attempt to dive into the very obfcure origin of thisancient ftruclure, it may be ufeful to trace its transfer from itsremoteft owners down to its prefent proprietors ; and this fromauthentic documents in the archieves of Merton college, to whomit now belongs. The priory of St. Giless, in Cambridge, was founded about1092, by Picot, baron of Brunne, with Hugolina, his wife, nearthe place where the church of St. Giles now Hands : but the fitu-ation being found to be too ftrait and confined, it was removed,fome twenty years after, to a place called Bernewelle, on theother fide of the river. Whether this building was any part ofthat foundation, I believe is more tha
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