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between them, and leaving a circular area 

 in the centre of about twenty feet in di- 

 ameter, into which there was an entry from 

 the gallery by four doors. This appears to 

 have been the keep. The interior of the 

 caftle is a fquare court, whofe area meafures 

 about an acre. In the curtain, on. the weft 

 fide, are feveral windows with pointed 

 arches. 



The founder of this caftle has not yet 

 been afcertained with any degree of cer- 

 tainty. Camden * and Lord Lyttleton at- 

 tribute it to Henry II. after his defeat at 

 Coed Euloe, and fay that it was finimed by 

 Edward I. whilft Jabian, Stow, and many 

 others, fay it was built by Edward only, 

 about the year 1275,-)" not mentioning any- 

 thing 



* Cough's Camd. 11.588. Lyttleton's Hiftory of 

 Henry 1 1. 



t Hen. deKnyghton de event. Anglias, 2462. Ho- 

 linfhed's Chronicle, II. 279. Stow's Annals, 200. 



Leland 



