256 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



" The only trace of the Great Hall is the mark of the 

 " weather table, on the inner wall of the table adjoining 

 " the Great Tower." 



" Below this is the roof of the present dwelling house, 

 " which preceded this, and which was burnt down, was 

 " the great hall itself, divided by floors and partitions." 



" A noble gallery which, with the narrow passage be- 

 " tween its western wall, and the exterior wall of the 

 " Castle, occupied the second storey of the curtain, is 

 " now roughly divided, and used as store rooms for farm 

 " produce." 



" A handsome stone chimney piece of i8th century 

 " workmanship, shows how recently it was used." 



" Beneath it, on the level of the courtyard, are vaulted 

 " offices, which are now used as dairy and brewhouse." 



" Lower still, is the only underground portion of the 

 " Castle, a gloomy ' dungeon,' which lies immediately 

 " under the west end of the upper Chapel." 



" This vault, whatever its use may really have been, is 

 " entered by a door near the guard room." 



" The northern, or angular tower, has nothing remain- 

 " ing of its interior dimensions except the vaulting of the 

 " floor chamber, which is used as a coal cellar." 



" Above the vaulting the tower is gutted to the roof, 

 " which itself is modern." 



" If there was ever a curtain on the northern side of 

 "the Castle not a trace of it remains, nor is there any of 

 " the other two towers, which are said to have completed 

 " the square of the fortress." 



MALMESBURY ABBEY CHURCH 



In placing these notes before you I can lay no claim to 

 original research : I fully acknowledge my indebtedness 

 to a most valuable paper by the late Mr. E. A. Freeman, 



