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Lancaster
LANCASTER [1].
  Lancaster Castle
THE GATEWAY TOWER.

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THE castle here is the first object that attracts the attention of the curious traveller. The elevation of the site, and the magnificence of the front, strike the imagination with the idea of a place of much strength, beauty, and importance; and such it has been ever since its foundation, on the arrival of the Romans in these parts. An eminence of swift descent, that commands the fords of a great tiding riv-
[1] (Longovicum, Notit, Imper.)
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