The antiquities of England and Wales . wer was awell; and in the fouth-eaft angle a fquare building, whofe fidesmeafured twenty-four feet. Two of thefe fides were formed bythe exterior wall, and enclofed the tower. THEnt entrance was at the eaft end, through ftone gate-houfe,having a paflage forty feet long; at the end of which is remainingthe place for the portcullis. It is flanked by two round towers:that on the fouth has a ftair-cafe. This gate is now ftanding,and is ftiewn in the view. In it is held the manor-court. On its•weft fide a fmall drinking room has lately been adaed by the pro-pr
The antiquities of England and Wales . wer was awell; and in the fouth-eaft angle a fquare building, whofe fidesmeafured twenty-four feet. Two of thefe fides were formed bythe exterior wall, and enclofed the tower. THEnt entrance was at the eaft end, through ftone gate-houfe,having a paflage forty feet long; at the end of which is remainingthe place for the portcullis. It is flanked by two round towers:that on the fouth has a ftair-cafe. This gate is now ftanding,and is ftiewn in the view. In it is held the manor-court. On its•weft fide a fmall drinking room has lately been adaed by the pro-prietor. Round about, and almoft occupying the whole emi-nence, are the modern works, thrown up for the defence of thecaftle. Thefe explain and juftify the fpeech of Sir John Boys ;which otherwife, confidering its ftate at that time, would havebeen a mere rodomontade. Their (hape is that of an irregularpentagon ; the greeneft angle fronting the fouth, on which was capacious baftion. There was another, but fmaller, on the fouth-. 1 ^ •«f 1 % I t H h Ifl -^ «\ i ^ ^ n ^ ,> 1 ^^ ^ 1 ^^ \ BERKSHIRE. 9 weft fide a fmall drinking room has lately been added by the pro-prietor. Round about, and almoft occupying the whole emi-nence, are the modern works, thrown up for the defence of thecaftle. Thefe explain and juftify the fpeech of Sir John Boys;which otherwife, confidering its ftate at that time, would havebeen a mere rodomontade. Their fhape is that of an irregularpentagon ; the greateft angle fronting the fouth, on which was avery capacious baftion. There was another, but fmaller, on thenorth-weft angle; and the north-eaft was defended by a demi-baftion, placed on its fouthern extremity. From the gorge of thegreat fouthern baftion, to the falient angle of the dcmi-baftion,ran a double, and from thence to the north-eaft angle of thepentagon, a triple rampart. The road paffed through thefeworks, clofe to the gate of the caftle. This view was-taken inthe year 1768. ST. GE
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