. The Saturday magazine . M^S^^im^ 16T«, 1833. S Price^ One Penny. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATIONAPPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN CHEPSTOW Castle is a ruin of considerable interestto the antiquary, and offers to the eye of one whoknows nothing of it but what its present appear-ance conveys, an object which can never fail to arrestattention. As the engraving will sufficiently show,it is built on the very brow of a precipice, whichrises boldly from the Wye, whose tide, every ebb andflow, washes its foundation o
. The Saturday magazine . M^S^^im^ 16T«, 1833. S Price^ One Penny. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATIONAPPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN CHEPSTOW Castle is a ruin of considerable interestto the antiquary, and offers to the eye of one whoknows nothing of it but what its present appear-ance conveys, an object which can never fail to arrestattention. As the engraving will sufficiently show,it is built on the very brow of a precipice, whichrises boldly from the Wye, whose tide, every ebb andflow, washes its foundation of solid rock—one sidebeing advanced close to the edge, and constructed insuch a manner as to appear a part of the cliff itself;the same ivy which overspreads the walls, twines andclusters round the high fragments, and down theperpendicular side of the rock. The other parts ofthe castle were defended by a moat, and consist ofmassive walls, flanked with lofty towers. The area occupies a large tract of ground, and isdivided into four courts. The grand entrance to theeast is a circular arch between two round first court into which it leads, contains the shellsof the great hall, kitch
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