Gents Mag 1907 part 1 p.169
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Gentleman's Magazine 1907 part 1 p.169
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Muncaster Castle Hardknott |
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Muncaster Castle and
Hardknott
... Muncaster Castle and Hardknott THERE is, perhaps, no more beautiful dwelling-place in this country than the Castle of Muncaster. It is a solid pile of red sandstone and granite buildings clustered round an old tower of Roman origin, called Agricola's Tower, the walls of which are nine feet, or thereabouts, in thickness. It stands high on the fellside on a kind of shoulder of the hill, gazing out over the valley of the Esk, out to sea to the west, away up to the mountain land, Sca Fell and his brethren, to the east. The origin of Muncaster fades away into the mists of tradition. The original Roman Tower was said to have been built to guard St. Michael's ford over the Esk, which is just below the castle, as a bridge has been built "by men of |
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