"That part of the more ancient building, which was left by both
unaltered, is included in the following concise description by an
ingenious writer, who visited it in 1722:--

'Ædes in culmine montis sitæ, scilicet,
[Greek: aipeia kolonen
En pedio apaneuthe, peridromos entha kai entha]'

aditu difficilis circa montem; cujus latera omnia horti 50 acrarum
circumeunt, nisi versus Aquilonem, quò ascenditur ad ostium ædium
ubi etiam antiqua jauna arcuato lapide. Versus Occidentem 8
fenestræ et 3 in sacello; et ulterior pars vetusta. Versus
Aquilonem 10 fenestræ. Facies Australis et Turris de _Staunton_, in
qui archiva familiæ reponuntur, extructa ante annos circa 400. Pars
restat kernellata," &c. &c. &c.

The description goes on for a few more lines; but it matters not to
continue them. I should be much obliged by any of your readers giving an
account of who this "ingenious writer" was, and on what authority he
founded the foregoing observations, as it is a subject of much interest
to me and others at the present time.

ALYTHES.

Jan. 28. 1850.

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