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The Keep of Clitheroe^ Lancashh'e. 399 dale about half a mile east of the rock, which could scarcely have been neglected as a military post by any people who held the district in other than very peaceful times. The town of CUtheroe has sprung up at the foot of the rock upon the north-east. The keep stands within, but close to the east side of, a small rounded area of about 80 feet by 90 feet, contained within a curtain SCALE OF F-EEIT wall, which skirts the edge of the rock. This curtain is 6 feet thick, 12 feet high inside, and from 14 feet to 20 feet outside. The circuit, which has, no doubt, been complete, is broken for about 70 feet on the southern side. This is the breadth of the neck by which the upper ward was united to the lower, and the curtain at each end of the gap is extended southwards and south-eastwards down the steep to include the latter. Thus, what is wanting is none of the exterior