448 liANYHORN CASTLE. 



mansion, to have then had a gate with a wicket and a small 

 court before the whole .... all the buildings are said to have con- 

 stituted a small village. Many foundations of walls also have 

 been discovered about the present house which is a recent 

 structure and stands below the site of the old house. 



Three or four years ago on a plat of ground which was 

 covered with briars and brambles the soil was found to be black 

 earth for four or five feet deep, and a regular pavement the area 

 of a court was discovered beneath ; about thirty years ago were 

 also found a quantity of cinders in the ground at three different 

 places and fragments of iron among them." 



