KEFEEENCES TO THE PLAN OP THE CASTLE AND 

 CITADEL OF BAOLAN, MONMOUTHSHIRE. 



*#* All other portions are named on the plan. 



37. The Buttery. 



38. The Minstrels gallery was probably 



raised here. 



39. Porch leading to 



40. The great Banqueting hall. 



41. Spacious fire place, with centre 

 window high above. 



42. The large, handsome, and well-pre 



served bay-window, with a circular 

 opening or ventilator in the roof. 



43. The recess. 



44. The arms of the Beaufort Family, 

 carved in stone, are inserted cen 

 trally in the lofty wall on this side. 



45. The Pantry. 



46. Ruined entrance to the wine cellar. 



47. End of the Picture Gallery, a narrow 

 upper apartment of great length, 

 extending over and beyond the 

 chapel. 



48. Supposed to be the Bell tower. 



49. The apartments above and below 

 here were the ladies women s rooms. 



50. A through passage. 



51. High watch tower. 



52. An ancient Arbor Vitaa grows in the 



Fountain Court at this point. 



53. Superior officers quarters, on the 



ground and upper floors. 



54. Basin of the fountain. 



THE CASTLE. 



1. Outer portcullis; 1. A second port 



cullis within the arched entrance. 



2. Gateway. 



3. The gate. 



4. 4. Two barbican towers. 



5. A guard room. 



6. Parlour or ante-room. 



7. Stair-cases; all marked 7. 



8. The Closet or Library Tower. 



9. 10. Sitting Room or Parlour, origi 



nally wainscoted with oak, and over 

 which was the Marquis s Dining 

 room. 



10. Large bay-window looking towards 

 the moat. 



11. Broken porch. 



12. Entrance from the courtyard to 



the vaults. 



13. 13. Broken entrance to cellars. 



14. Remains of a staircase. 



15. This part is vaulted. 



16. Suite of family apartments. 



1 7. Gateway to the Bowling-green. 



18. Bridge. 



19. Bowling-green. 



20. 20. Cellars 



21. Steps and door leading to 



22. Way to stable-yard. 



23. One sipe of the outer wall of the 

 Paved Court, where the first breach 

 was made by the Parliamentary 

 forces, 1646. 



24. Ruined tower. 



25. The buildings formerly here com 

 pletely obliterated, having suffered 

 most during the siege. 



26. The bakery and remains of its ovens. 



27. Entrance to the Wet Larder. 



28. An outside high level walk. 



29. Low ground. 



30. Pier wall. 



31. Deep space. 



32. The Kitchen Tower, remarkable for 

 its great strength, and remains of a 

 large fire-place. 



33. A draw-well. 



34. A long, narrow, vertical gap through 



former windows and door. The 

 building probably had a corridor at 

 top. 



35. Ruins of cellar or dry larder. 



36. The uppermost window in this part 

 indicates the situation of the apart 

 ment occupied by Charles I. 



THE CITADEL, OR KEEP, 



called 



THE MELIN-Y-GWENT, OR YELLOW 

 TOWER OP GWENT. 



A. There was probably a drawbridge 



here. 



B. B. Two broken bastions. 



C. A temporary wooden bridgo. 



D. Site of arched bridge to the Keep. 



E. The Water-works side of the Keep, 



presenting large grooves cut into 

 the stone work, probably to insert 

 metal pipes, &c. 



F. Stone stair-case to the top, in good 



preservation. 



G. Outer entrance to F. 



H. I. Ruins of the massy walls varying 

 from 4 to 10 feet high; the upper 

 portion destroyed in 1646, by order 

 of Parliament. 



L. A well. 



