The antiquities of England and Wales . of the RrR are pointed out,and an inveftagation of the origin of the latter being quoted in feveral defcriptions,fome particulars of that ancient record, with a fpecimenof the hands in which it is written, will, it is hopednot improperly, be iiiferted. The ;^J 159 iv INTRODUCTION, The author begs to have it iinderftood, that he doesnot herein pretend to inform the veteran antiquary;but has drawn up thefe accounts folely for the ufe offuch as are delirous of having, without much trouble,a general knowledge of the fubjedls treated of
The antiquities of England and Wales . of the RrR are pointed out,and an inveftagation of the origin of the latter being quoted in feveral defcriptions,fome particulars of that ancient record, with a fpecimenof the hands in which it is written, will, it is hopednot improperly, be iiiferted. The ;^J 159 iv INTRODUCTION, The author begs to have it iinderftood, that he doesnot herein pretend to inform the veteran antiquary;but has drawn up thefe accounts folely for the ufe offuch as are delirous of having, without much trouble,a general knowledge of the fubjedls treated of in thispublication ; which they will find collefted into as fmalla compafs as any tolerable degree of perfpicuity wouldpermit. In order to render every article as clear aspoflible, the verbal defcriptions, where capable, are il-luftrated by drawings. To complete this introdu6lion to the ftudy of ournational antiquities, a fhort defcription of the differentfpecies of fonts, druidical, and fepulchral monuments isadded to this PREFACE. PREFACE. CASTLES. Castles, (a) walled with ftone, and defigned for refidence aswell as defence, fuch as thofe whofe remains make a confiderablepart of the follovVing work, are, for the moft part, of no higherantiquity than the conqueft; (b) for although the Saxons, Romans,and even, according to fome writers on antiquity, (c) the ancientBritons had caftles built with ftone; yet thefe were both few innumber, and, at that period, through negleft or invafions, eitherdeftroyed, or fo much decayed, that little more than their ruinswere remaining. This is aflerted by many of our hiftorians andantiquaries, and affigned as a reafon for the facility with whichWilliam made himfelf mafter of this country. (a) Larger caftles were in Latin called caftra ; the fnialler by the diminutive, caftella. JuliusFerettus has this ridiculous etymology of the woid caftrum : Caftra difla funt a caftitate, quia ibiomnes cafte vivere debent. They were likewife ftiled
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