-shaped, and had communications right and left through the arms of the

with the curtain wall on which it stood. This is very unusual, and quite an exception to the jealousy with which the entrances to Norman keeps are usually guarded. In this respect it is rather a large mural tower than a keep. It has been much altered at various periods, both within and without, and the history of these successive alterations is by no means easy to unravel. The keep is 40 feet long on its south face, which projects about 7 feet beyond the curtain into the outer ward. This is the cross limb of the

. The stem projects from the curtain into the inner ward about 30 feet, and is 31 feet broad.

LUDLOW KEEP.
GROUND FLOOR.

Wyman & Sons, Gᵗ. Queen Sᵗ. London.

  1. Vaulted Chamber.
  2. Addition with Cross Arch.
  3. Mural Passage.
  4. Middle Ward Gate.
  5. Ditto Inner Gate.
  6. Curtains.
  7. Stair to Upper Floors.
  8. Stair to First Floor Close.