Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . KENILWORTH MERVYN S TOWER. Some remains of the ancient abbey, faid to have been builtby Geoffrey de Clinton, the original builder of the caftle, ftillremain near the caftle,—part of them now forming a cow-houfe or barn, as well as the old gateway,—and the fine J KENILWORTH CASTLE. 27 Norman arch forming the entrance to the parifh church isfaid to have been the chief entrance to the abbey, which wasremoved thither. Altogether, the pleafantnefs of the countryin which the remains of Kenilworth ftand, their own ftriking;beauty, and the memor
Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . KENILWORTH MERVYN S TOWER. Some remains of the ancient abbey, faid to have been builtby Geoffrey de Clinton, the original builder of the caftle, ftillremain near the caftle,—part of them now forming a cow-houfe or barn, as well as the old gateway,—and the fine J KENILWORTH CASTLE. 27 Norman arch forming the entrance to the parifh church isfaid to have been the chief entrance to the abbey, which wasremoved thither. Altogether, the pleafantnefs of the countryin which the remains of Kenilworth ftand, their own ftriking;beauty, and the memory of the ftrange phafes and contrafts ofhuman Hfe which have occurred here, make them as inte-refting a fcene of ruined grandeur as any in the
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