Fortified buildings Musgrove tower and Red lion
The town retains two old fortified buildings, supposed to have been the residences at different periods of the bailiffs of the town.
Musgrove Tower at the east end of the town is an ancient and massive tower, the walls of which are several feet in thickness; it is loop holed and has a parapet carried on corbel., and a stone staircase rising to the roof: the building has been modernized and converted into a dwelling-house, but the floors and roof, which consisted of stone flags laid on roughly-hewn oak trees, have been removed.
The Red Lion hotel consists in part of a strongly built embattled tower, the walls, from 4 to 7 feet thick, being loop holed on the west side is a stone staircase rising to the upper floors, which are supported by roughly hewn beams; the front has been plastered and painted, but the parts facing north and east remain in their original state. In the parish are also the ruins of five other towers, three of which have been converted into farmhouses. The Castle hill is a natural mound, the summit of which is defended on three sides by earthworks, 4 feet in height.
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