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' Reference to Plan of A Imvick Castle. 



(Plate XV.) ' 



The Black lines on the plan represent what was built 

 before a.d. 1750, of which the greater portion (List I.) is 

 still existing, and another portion (List II.) is now non- 

 existent, or else, in a few cases, completely altered. 



The Hed lines represent what has been built since a.d. 

 1750, principally by the first Dake of Northumberland. 



List I. — Before 1750, still existing: (Coloiued Black.) 



Ab. The Abbot's Tower. 



Au. The Auditor's Tower ; also sometimes called the 



" Caterer's " Tower, and the '* Chancellor's " Tower. 



[Tate's Alnwick, Vol. L, pages 386 and 85.] 

 Av. The Avener's Tower. 



B. The Barbican, with portcullis and gate-house. 



C. The Constable's Tower. 

 M. The Middle Gate House. 



N. The Norman Gateway; leading into the Keep. 



P. The Postern Tower; now a Museum for British and 

 Roman antiquities. 



W. The Water Tower. "Anciently a corner or ravine 

 tower, but called in modern times the Water Tower, 

 from the circumstance of the tank that acts as a 

 reservoir for the Castle having been placed in it. It 

 now (1866) contains the clock, which has two faces 

 and five sonorous bells." [Tate, footnote, I. 386.] 



g. The Western Garret. 



List II. — Before 1750, completely altered, or non-existent. 

 (Black.) 

 Ar. Site of the razed Armourer's Tower, which, together 

 with the adjoining curtain wall on each side of it, 

 and the Falconer's Tower, was razed in the time of 

 the 1st Duke, and replaced by the new Tower at 

 F and wall from F to K. 



