pevekel's castle in the peak. 



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at both ends by strong doors. There are two narrow deeply 

 splayed windows which give light to the room, which was 

 evidently used as a storeroom. 



There is no sign of any well within the Keep. In Glover's 

 History it is stated that a well was discovered on the summit 

 of Long Cliffe Hill, between which 

 and the Castle there is a com- 

 munication across the narrow ridge 

 of rock that overtops the entrance 

 into the Peak Cavern. This well 

 is said to be built of the same kind 

 of gritstone as the facings of the 

 Keep, and it is so situated as easily 

 to be made available for an 

 abundant supply of water. Certainly 

 a supply of water must have been 

 obtained from somewhere, other- 

 wise the castle would have been 

 untenable. 



Mr. Addy says : " Strange to say, 

 a small natural cave extends beneath 

 the building, with openings in the 

 cliff on the south-east and south 

 sides." I have not been able to 

 verify this statement. 



From the ground level to the top 

 of the battlements the Keep must 

 have been almost sixty feet high, 

 and forty feet square on the outside 

 of the basement. The exterior was 

 flat, relieved by broad pilaster 

 strips of slight projection at the 



angles and flanking each face, with one in each centre between 

 them. The flanking pilasters covering each angle were each 

 ornamented by an elegant shaft with boldly-can-ed capital. 

 Only one of these remains now at the south angle, of which 



Capital and Base of Shaft. 



