The history and antiquities, ancient and modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks . they are carried through thewall in an inclined plane, whereas, had they been intended to convey light only,they would have been horizontal ; in which case, the garrison would not havebeen able to have molested, or even seen the besiegers below, the walls being atleast three feet tJiick f * See plate XI. fig. 1.+ Godwins description of ancient castles, corresponds with tlie appearance of this building, asFar as its remains will enable us to judge. The projector, he says, always chose for the si
The history and antiquities, ancient and modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks . they are carried through thewall in an inclined plane, whereas, had they been intended to convey light only,they would have been horizontal ; in which case, the garrison would not havebeen able to have molested, or even seen the besiegers below, the walls being atleast three feet tJiick f * See plate XI. fig. 1.+ Godwins description of ancient castles, corresponds with tlie appearance of this building, asFar as its remains will enable us to judge. The projector, he says, always chose for the site ofhis edifice, a rising ground, in the neighborhood of a river. Having marked out the limits of hisiiiclosure, he then suiTounded it with a wall, ten or twelve feet high, flanked with towers. Theapartments were very inadequately lighted, those below the story, upon which the state rooms wereplaced, received the beams of the sun, only through chinks or loops, extremely narrow, and cautiouslyconstructed, in such a manncrj as to afford ao advantage to the beiiegers.—Godzcins Lxjc of Chaucer, ^.
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