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Church, which is the only other object of antiqua- 
rian interest on the hill. The ruined tower, though 
well placed for a light-house to the port, and not 
improbably occupying the site of such a building, 
is, I believe, the remains of a windmill of, compara- 
tively speaking, quite modern erection. 
The church, which, though of small dimensions, 
still from the massive character of the building, 
and the peculiarity of its site, must strike even the 
most ignorant visitor as an impressive and solemn 
object, consists ofa nave, central tower, and chancel, 
without either transepts or aisles, combining of por- 
tions of almost every style, from the earliest and 
rudest Norman, (if, indeed, Norman it be,) to quite 
late perpendicular. Indeed the church appears to 
have been re-built almost entirely at a very early 
period, and subsequently to have undergone restora- 
tions and repairs to a considerable extent, at various 
periods; still, however, vestiges remain of very 
ancient date, sufficient to render it probable that 
the whole of the foundation, and perhaps a con- 
siderable. portion of the walls, are those of the 
original building, though the superstructure has 
been so often altered and modernized as to have 
materially changed the character of the greater 
part of the fabric, particularly of the central tower, 
which, nevertheless, is, at least in part of the south 
side, the same as stood between the nave and chancel 
shortly after the Norman conquest. 
The chief entrance to the church is on the north 
