Page 6 - John Barber's Oakham Castle and its archaeology

Rutland Local History & Record Society
Registered Charity No 700273

Occasional Publication No 11

First published in 2014 by the Rutland Local
History & Record Society, Rutland County
Museum, Catmose Street, Oakham, Rutland,
LE15 6HW

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ISBN 978-0-907464-51-8

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Fig. 3. The carved finials at the top of the gables at either end of Oakham Castle Great Hall. The finial above the west
gable (left) is a centaur whose bow has broken away. The east finial is a carving of Samson and the lion (Nick Hill).