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1. Castlerichard Castle (ar lean)

   

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   from thence a spiral stone staircase, of sixty seven steps accends to the top floor, which is entered by a gothic doorway, six & a half by a three & a half feet, Through a doorway six feet by two feet, from the upper floor another spiral stair-case of twenty-one steps and also stone accends to the top of the wall of the main building the doorway at the end of the stairs being six ft by two feet The wall at the top of the building is only about four feet in width, consequently the building batters "from the bottom to the top, As each step is about eight inches high on an average, and as the step numbered ninety-eight in all, the height of the main portion of the castle, from the level of the sill of the door is about sixty-five feet and as the northern wall overtops the other three by about ten-feet, and was evidently so raised as a look out. "or watch tower, the total hight is about seventy-five feet, The castle is now divided into three storeys (but it originally contained five main compartments at least) and several small compartments. About mid-height of each of the lower and middle storeys are cut stone corbels inserted into the walls, which supported the flooring that divided the building into the original five storeys (The ground floor is converted by the present occupier of the lands into a cow-house, and the doorway at the south-side enlarged in a rude manner for the admittance of the cattle) The middle and top floor are arched

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