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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.61904#0204
(tarisbraake (Castle.
BOUT a mile weft of Newport, the
‘K1 hTWwr remains of this ancient cattle ftand on a
fteep, circular, and apparently artificial
WT1 hill. This knoll was probably raifed by
the ancient Britifli on the fummit of a
range of chalk hills, which command an
extenfive view. No remains of thofe early times appear to
exift. The keep at the north-eaft angle ftanding on a mound
confiderably higher than the other buildings, and which is of a
multangular form, has been afcribed to the Saxons, who had a
cattle here, but probably it only ftands on the fite of the Saxon
keep. In the fixth century it is ftated to have been a place
of great ftrength, and to have had a well in the interior no
lefs than three hundred and ten feet deep, which has fince been
filled up, there being another in the cattle-yard of nearly the
fame depth. The old cattle covered lefs than two acres of
ground, but, from fucceflive additions, efpecially in the reign of
Elizabeth, its remains cover about twenty acres.
The approach to the cattle is by a gateway leading to a
fecond. The fmaller external gate was built by Queen Eliza-
beth: her initials and the date, 1598, appearing upon it. With
the exception of this gate, the additions of Elizabeth appear to
have been confined to the outer wall, which (he enlarged fo as
to comprehend its prefent extent ; and to the domeftic buildings,
none of which appear older than her time. Amongft thefe
BOUT a mile weft of Newport, the
‘K1 hTWwr remains of this ancient cattle ftand on a
fteep, circular, and apparently artificial
WT1 hill. This knoll was probably raifed by
the ancient Britifli on the fummit of a
range of chalk hills, which command an
extenfive view. No remains of thofe early times appear to
exift. The keep at the north-eaft angle ftanding on a mound
confiderably higher than the other buildings, and which is of a
multangular form, has been afcribed to the Saxons, who had a
cattle here, but probably it only ftands on the fite of the Saxon
keep. In the fixth century it is ftated to have been a place
of great ftrength, and to have had a well in the interior no
lefs than three hundred and ten feet deep, which has fince been
filled up, there being another in the cattle-yard of nearly the
fame depth. The old cattle covered lefs than two acres of
ground, but, from fucceflive additions, efpecially in the reign of
Elizabeth, its remains cover about twenty acres.
The approach to the cattle is by a gateway leading to a
fecond. The fmaller external gate was built by Queen Eliza-
beth: her initials and the date, 1598, appearing upon it. With
the exception of this gate, the additions of Elizabeth appear to
have been confined to the outer wall, which (he enlarged fo as
to comprehend its prefent extent ; and to the domeftic buildings,
none of which appear older than her time. Amongft thefe