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ten feet by twelve; and fifteen or sixteen high; arched with free…stone;
and supported by small circular columns of the same; the
capitals and arches Saxon。 It has an east window; and on each
side in the wall; about four feet from the ground; a stone basin
with a hole and iron pipe to convey the water into or through
the wall。 This chapel is one of the buttresses; but no sign of it
without; for even the window; though large within; is only a
long narrow loop…hole; scarcely to be seen without。 On the left
side of this chapel is a small oratory; eight by six in the thickness
of the wall; with a niche in the wall; and enlightened by a
like loop…hole。 The fourth stair from the ground; ten feet west
from the chapel door; leads to the top of the tower through the
thickness of the wall; which at top is but three yards。 Each
story is about fifteen feet high; so that the tower will be seventy…five
feet from the ground。 The inside forms a circle; whose
diameter may be about twelve feet。 The well at the bottom of
the dungeon is piled with stones。''…Gough's _Edition Of Camden's
Britannia_。 Second Edition; vol。 iii。 p。 267。