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are various buildings for infantry. An inner area was
originally defended by a half-moon battery, now removed,
though the gate-way remains, through which is the approach
to the great keep, at present used as an armoury. The
angular tower in which Mary of Scotland was imprisoned, has,
after having been appropriated to barracks, lately been
taken down. This fortress is now used as the depôt of
an infantry regiment, and a small detachment of artillerymen
are stationed to take care of the armoury. There is
something very interesting in its appearance, and it is
chiefly valuable as a massy feature, giving character to the
distant appearance of the city.
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The Cathedral is a noble building, deprived, indeed, of the
greatest part of its nave. What remains is of ever-enduring
Norman architecture, with low round pillars and circular
arches; it is now very neatly fitted up as the parish church
of St. Mary. The transepts are narrow, without aisles, and
of the same style; from the south end the cloisters
originally extended; the north transept is used as the
consistory court. The choir is supported on clustered piers,
with enriched capitals, from which spring eight pointed
arches; above is an elegant triforium of three openings, and
a clerestory, which once had a rich parapet, pierced with
foliated circles, but wantonly destroyed. The tabernacle
work or stalls is of very elegant carved oak, black with
age. The pulpit and throne are modern, and not so rich in
design. The roof is
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