did not detain us long. It stands on a rocky eminence, now completely in
ruins, with only one tower remaining. “Roach Castle (says Leland) in
Rouseland, to the right of the road to St. David’s, shews a round and
some double out-works, visible at a great distance. It belonged to the
Lords Ferrars, and old Langeville, Knt. of Bucks.”
In descending the hill to Newgin, the dark lowering rocks, which form
that fine bay, called St. Bride’s, exhibited a grand prospect. In the
centre of this bay is situated Newgin, bounded on the south by the island
of Skomar, and on the north by Ramsay. The fields adjacent to this place
have been frequently inundated by extraordinary overflowings of the sea:
at the reflux of the tide, the sands admit of most excellent walking.