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Excerpt from Arch ologia Cambrensis, Vol. 11: The Journal of the Cambrian Arch ological Association; Fourth Series Standing midway between Alberbury Castle and Caus Castle, Wattlesborough was well fitted to form a link in the chain of border-fortresses which in this nei h bourhood commanded the Marches of Wales. The general appearance, however, is a little disappointing, or it is wanting in some of those features of picturesque ness which lend a charm to manor-houses of far less ancient date. The principal building consists of a simple square tower about 50 feet hi h, with flat Norman but tresses. The battlements an corner turret which pro bably once surmounted the walls, have been removed, and a modern roof has taken their place. The exist ence, however, of the weather-mouldin on each face of the opposite internal walls, immediate y below the pre sent roof, and the set-back of the wall at the springing of these gable-mouldings in the other walls, may indi cate that the or' nal termination was a gable one. The massiveness of t e stonework of the tower, and the clean-cut masonry of the circular stone staircase, are worthy of notice. The walls are 6 ft. Thick. The angles are finished with broad, flat buttresses 6 ft. Wide and 10 ins. Deep. Including the basement, the tower is divided into three stories. On the south side the ori ginal windows remain. The are narrow, square 100 8. On that side also may be ohserved an example of t e roughness of the early conditions of English life, in the existence of a drain issuing through an aperture in the thick walls, from one of the principal rooms. On the three other sides windows in the later Gothic style have been inserted On the western side may be seen the remains of a garde-robe, another indication of an incon venient simplicity of manners and closeness of quarters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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