the north side near the northern angle, but has been long demolished. Near it, to the westward, are the remains of a small tower, enclosing a circular flight of stairs -
-The tower that long had stood
The crush of thunder and the warring winds,
Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer Time,
Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base.— Armstrong
And on the same side, farther on to the west, is a sally-port, and the ruins of a square tower. Just within the sally-port is every appearance of an entrance to a vault, by steps which are now choked up with rubbish. Behind the east wall is a dry ditch, about 60 feet deep, and 100 feet wide at the top.
At what time the present building was erected, or who was the builder, does not appear from either Leland, Camden, or any of those writers who have treated of the antiquities of this county. From the situation of the spot, which seems extremely proper for the ancient mode of fortification, it is -
