The antiquities of England and Wales . CUMBERLAND. 47 Probably thefe repairs became neceffary from the damage it fufFeredin the great fire, anno 1292, in which, the Chronicle of LanercoftAbbey fays, it was burned down, together with the cathedral andfiiburbs : or it might, at length, have become ruinous from theaffaults it had fuftained from the Scots, by whom it was oftenbefieged, and twice taken ; once in the reign of King Stephen ; andretaken by King Henry II. and again, in the time of King John. King Henry VIII. caufed feveral additions to be made to thefortifications of this town and cafh
The antiquities of England and Wales . CUMBERLAND. 47 Probably thefe repairs became neceffary from the damage it fufFeredin the great fire, anno 1292, in which, the Chronicle of LanercoftAbbey fays, it was burned down, together with the cathedral andfiiburbs : or it might, at length, have become ruinous from theaffaults it had fuftained from the Scots, by whom it was oftenbefieged, and twice taken ; once in the reign of King Stephen ; andretaken by King Henry II. and again, in the time of King John. King Henry VIII. caufed feveral additions to be made to thefortifications of this town and cafhle : and Queen Elizabeth built thechapel and barracks, as appears by her arms placed thereon. Thiscaftle is of an irregular figure, having a ftrong gate-houfe, and threefinal! fquare towers, of little or no ufe in the prefent mode of communicate with a rampart and parapet, for the afcent ofwhich there are feveral flights of fteps. The keep ftands on the eaft fide. It is built of reddifh ftone, and-now ufed for a ftore-ho
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