Show castle belvoir castle has come in for a fair behare of newspaper anecdotes pseudo gathis iii style its broad turrets and battlemented walls sand oa the top of a monad which was thrown up at the end of a spar of the leicestershire Leicester shire wolds by robert de standard bearer of the conqueror from its lordly terraces the eye ranges over a wide expanse of landscape or which there rise conspicuous the mined keep of netting hani fand Lincol ns cathedral towers the works of art are numerous but with one or two exceptions of secondary importance in the cellar is a monster cask of ale called after the founder of the castle its capacity is 1300 gallons and twelve people have dined in it there is also a silver panch bowl resit ang upon four massive eagles claws which is used on the occasion of a family christening at the foot of the wooded hill is stabling for horses a mile and a half distant aro the kennels for the fox dounda and from the trees somewhat farther off there emerges of the village of Vols thorpe where u a farm noted for the breeding i of prize cattle london star |