. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . remains of the once darksome dungeon. The principal strong-holds of the Castle stand on an elevated ground, surrounded by a dry ditch or coveredway; with small gateways through the intersecting walls, and terminated by two sally-ports. At the north-west corner of this area is a circular tower of excellent masonry,having a vault thirty feet in diameter, with a plain roof, without ribs or central tower is in a fine state
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . remains of the once darksome dungeon. The principal strong-holds of the Castle stand on an elevated ground, surrounded by a dry ditch or coveredway; with small gateways through the intersecting walls, and terminated by two sally-ports. At the north-west corner of this area is a circular tower of excellent masonry,having a vault thirty feet in diameter, with a plain roof, without ribs or central tower is in a fine state of preservation, having, some years ago, been repaired andfitted up as a shot manufactory. The inner area of the castle has been dug up, and con-verted into a spacious garden. At the present time, though the owl may occasionally singher watch-song amid the ruins of Barnard Castle, the structure no longer wears the aspectof entire desolation; taste and industry have rendered it a pleasing seclusion, where thecontemplative idler may sit and muse upon the past, and discover a local habitation forthose things that have fallen away into a by-word and a
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