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Page 170:-
Whittaker conceives it to have been the Setantiorum Portus
of Ptolemy. 'At this time,' he says. 'an attentive eye will
scarcely discover, in the oldest remaining buildings, any
vestiges of architecture prior to the time of Charles II.' -
The Castle well deserves the inspection of the visitor, to
whom the interior is accessible at all reasonable hours. The
Gateway - which is about 66 feet in height, flanked by two
octagonal turrets, surmounted by watch towers, and defended by a
triple row of machiolations - is appropriated to John O'Gaunt by
the arms of himself and his royal father. In the niche in the
facade of this tower - a statue of 'Time-honoured Lancaster' has
lately been inserted. It is the work of a native sculptor. The
new buildings, including the two splended Courts, were commenced
in 1788, and completed at an expence to the county of
£40,000.
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St Mary, Lancaster
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The Church is an edifice chiefly erected in the 12th
century. It is 143 feet in length, 58 feet in breadth, and 40
feet in height. It combines well with the Castle, of which, when
viewed from a distance, it almost seems a part. The most valuable
relics, the Stalls, have, says Whittaker, 'been probably removed
from some more stately building.' The seats are carved underneath
with grotesque figures more creditable to the artistic talent
than to the delicacy of the age: they are now properly protected.
From the Church-yard, as well as from the Castle terrace, the
most beautiful views of the River, the Bay, and the Lake
Mountains, are obtained.
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Skerton Bridge
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Bridges.- The Bridge which formerly spanned the Lune, near
the present quay, was of very ancient origin. It has been
supposed to be coeval with the sojourn here of the Romans. Other
topographers give the Danes the credit for it. There our Saxon
ancestors, in a recess supported by projecting rows of corbels,
sat, it has been
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-- (bridge, Lancaster)
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-- Lancaster Castle
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-- Lancaster
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-- St Mary's Church
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