267 



Wyndham, in liis " Tour in Wales," dismisses Caldicot Castle 

 in a single Hne, by saying that there was nothing about it either 

 interesting or picturesque. I think I may count on the support 

 of every member of the Cotteswold Club who has seen the 

 ruin in dissenting entirely from this view. Little as we know 

 of its history, yet that little is linked with great and famous 

 names in the history of England; and whether we regard the 

 beautiful chiselling of some parts of its stone-work, which has 

 stood the test of so many centuries, or the effect of the tout 

 ensemble of masonry, and the luxuriant vegetation which every- 

 where mingles with it, we are bound to say that Caldicot 

 Castle in its ruin is both picturesque and beautiful. 



