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| Town Wall (Continued) | [continued from page 67] (although this may have resulted from being hastily built in time of danger at this particular spot) At a height of 7 to 8 feet from the base a ledge of stone work ran round the interior of the wall forming a covered way about 18 or 20 Inches wide apparently for the use of archers or musketeers & which ledge was reached from steps built at intervals. The whole was surmounted by battlements of about 18 inches the portions between the embrasures being pierced in the centre with a small loop hole. At no spot along the line of wall now standing can its full proportions be seen at a glance, the ground having been filled up on either side to the height of from 5 to 6 feet, but portions of stone lintels & sills belonging to the ancient outlets or doors amply elucidate this point [Signed] S. D. Smith Corpl RE [Corporal Royal Engineers] |
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