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to the left of this (long fmce deftroyed) 

 was a ftatue of his wife, Margaret, the 

 daughter of William Longfpec, Earl 

 of Salifbury. This caftle has once been 

 a molt extenfive building, and from the 

 ftrength and thicknefs of it's walls, 

 muft have been almoft impregnable by 

 every thing except artillery. 



The breaches fhew the mode of their 

 conftruclion ; two walls, occupying the 

 extremities of the intended thicknefs, 

 were firft built in the ordinary manner 

 with a vacuity betwixt them, into which 

 was poured a mixture of hot mortar 

 and rough ftones of all fizes, which on 

 cooling confolidated into a mafs as hard 

 as ftone. This kind of building was 

 called grouting. 



Within the caftle walls is a chapel of 

 eafe to the parifh church, which is at 

 AVhitchurch, about a mile diflant. This 

 is dedicated to St. Hilarius, and was for- 

 merly 



