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the harbour. We are indebted to Mr. G. B. Cowen for the 

 general view of the Castle as seen from 'the Market Place 

 (fig. 48). 



The clock tower was the old chapel of the castle, 

 about 15 feet square. On each side of the oriel window 

 is a stone ledge on which rested the ancient altar: on the 

 south side of it a piscina, and on the north a small niche 

 (an aumbrie, or equivalent of the credence table) for the 

 sacred elements. A small grated window in the north 

 angle appeared to communicate with a cell, conjectured 



Fig. 48. 



View of Castle Rushen from the South. 

 G. B. Cowen. 



Prom photo, by 



by Mr. dimming to have been the confessional. The 

 clock, with its curious dial, which hides one of the 

 windows, was a present from Queen Elizabeth, and the 

 bell, as shown by the inscription, was supplied by James, 

 tenth Earl of Derby, in 1729. 



Some additions to the buildings were made by James, 

 seventh earl, when Derby House was added as a residence. 

 A stone was found there with the letters D and I C, with 

 the date 1645 — James and Charlotte Derby, who resided 



