# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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shut up. It will be found that on an
accurate examination of the present
Structure of the castle, the Idea of its
having been used for the latter Purpose
is by no means unlikely. The architecture
of the first storey of 20 feet of the castle
has a great deal more the appearance of
Rubble work" and the wall is also thicker
than that of the superincumbent masonry
the Stones of which are Square and cut
to a more uniforme magnitude. The
lower part of the wall consequently
projects beyond that above it and by
this means the junction of the old &
new is distinctly marked. The Beam
or Bar of oak was discovered a few feet
from the Base of the wall and near
its centre whilst cutting a passage
for the Sewer of the Prison on the
East Side, North of the curtain or Tower
on that side. It was found in a recess