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THE GATEWAY TOWER.
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-
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