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vol.2 p.121
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About three miles further stand the ruins of Scaleby-castle.
This was another of those fortified houses, which are so
frequent in this country.
It stands, as castles rarely do, on a flat; and yet, tho
it's site be ill adapted to any modes of defence, it has
been a place of more than ordinary strength. Rocks, knolls,
and bold projecting promontories, on which castles usually
stand, suggest various advantages of situation; and
generally determine the kind of structure. On a flat, the
engineer was at liberty to choose his own. Every part was
alike open to assault.
He first drew two circular motes round the spot he designed
to fortify: the circumference of the outward circle was
about a mile.
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