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were twelve gates and thirty-two towers, exclusive of the 
towers belonging to the gates. The circuit of the walls was 
three miles. 
But to conclude, the memory of some of those who took a 
part in, and passed away amidst these troublous times, still 
lingers over their last resting places, as I have shewn in 
Sepulchral Memorials at Caldecott and Radway. To these 
I have to add another simple and impressive one, the mem- 
orial of a Royalist, Daniel Blacford, who died a.p., 1681, 
and was buried at Oxhill, in this County, to whose epitaph, 
on a flat stone in Oxhill Church, is subjoined as follows:— 
“ When I was young I ventured life and blood, 
Both for my King, and for my countries good ; 
In elder years my aim was chief to be, 
Soldier to Him, who shed His blood for me! ” 
