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left reclining along his side, but when touched on the shoulder 

 it dissolved into dust. 



So much for the line of the castle towards the river about 

 175 feet in length, of which the only trace now remaining is the 

 fragment of wall I have mentioned, and which is notable for its 

 extreme thickness. 



No traces can now be found of the west front of the castle, 

 but Whitaker states that in his time one of the oak beams of 

 the castle floor black with age and morticed to receive the ends 

 of joists was found in the gutter about 1775, and was then used 

 to keep up the bank of the roadway above. In the same gutter 

 and at the spot marked C the foundations of the castle wall were 

 discovered, which were traced between the line of the two 

 northern walls, and midway between was an arch of stone 

 through which a spring of water was discharged from the castle 

 into the lane. No trace of these foundations can be seen at 

 present. 



The north wall of the castle is the most distinct of any, and 

 can be traced nearly throughout its whole length, being about 5 

 feet in width, and corresponding in character to the portion of 

 south wall I have previously described. Where it terminated 

 it is extremely difficult to say exactly. An old man called Eowe 

 who lived in the house called the Powder House, and has only 

 recently died, stated to my brother the Eev. D. Gr. Whitley that 

 he dug up cartloads of stone in his garden, and although no 

 traces of it remain, it is probable the east wall passed through 

 this garden to the east of the house to join the round tower 

 below. 



Having now traced the circuit of the original castle, I will 

 return to the village well. Close to this on the north is a small 

 cottage, whose wall is the original south wall of a range of rooms 

 built against the north wall of the castle, and although repaired 

 in places it is easily identified. 



In this wall opposite the well is an arch in the old wall 

 which has been closed up and whitewashed over — this was the 

 original castle well, but a boy having been drowned in it in the 

 early part of the 18th century it was built uj) and the present 

 well formed, and the story is still told to account for the arch. 



