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| Bamburgh Castle | Bamburgh Castle | Revd W. Darnell | On Sheet | A very large fortress, Situated, on | ||
| Bamburgh Castle | Revd. W Orde. | 17.5 | the top of a Rock triangular in figure, | |||
| Bamburgh Castle | C R Huggup Esqr. | And about 150 feet above high | ||||
| Bamburgh Castle | Mr William Carr. | Watermark, the buildings have | ||||
| a very fine effect, when viewed | ||||||
| from the South, the high Keep, | ||||||
| And massive round towers, Some | ||||||
| of which are Standing in the verge | ||||||
| of the precipice, in one of these | ||||||
| towers there is a Clock, which can | ||||||
| rock be seen from the highway. The Gate is at the east end, the only access |
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| and is strengthened on each side by a round tower, And having a portculice, a Short | ||||||
| distance further in, is another Gateway – having also a Portcullis. This Gate has been re | ||||||
| -built. The outer walls, And all the buildings, have a modern appearance, having all | ||||||
| been Completely renovated – even the Keep, a high massive, Castleated tower, |
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| the walls of which, are 12 feet in thickness at the base, has quite a | ||||||
| Modern look, the outside having | ||||||
| been all redressed. Inside this tower there is a well, about 162 feet | ||||||
| deep, 75 feet of which was Cut, | ||||||
| through the Solid Rock, this well was discovered in 1770, when lowering, the | ||||||
| floor, one of the Trustees | ||||||
| Constantly Resides in this tower, And there |
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| Sailors, should so many | ||||||
| be cast ashore at the same time. And there is a large Gun |
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| beach which is fired, when a | ||||||
| Wrecks take |
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| of Collecting assistance. | ||||||
| There are within the Castle, a Dispensary, where Medicines, are dispensed | ||||||
| two days in the week, gratu | ||||||
| are sold at little more than first Cost, | ||||||
| there was also a Windmill, in which Corn was ground, And Sold to the poor, at, | ||||||
| 4 shillings a Bushel | ||||||
| (even in the dearest times.) but this has been discountinued. | ||||||
| Turn over | ||||||
| John McCabe | ||||||
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