Note 209 — RAGLAN CASTLE, Monmouthshire.
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As stated by Collins—Mr. Thomas says, “at Raglan Castle; adding, ‘two headless and mutilated parts of alabaster statues of this nobleman and his lady, which are, alas, kicked about by every chance visitor to the church, alone remain of the magnificent tomb erected to their memory!’”—Raglan, p. 137.
[When the Editor visited the place in August, 1848, the monument presented the same pitiable state of dilapidation—a bitter homily on the vanity of wealth, birth, and titles—yet in sad but perfect harmony with the desolation of the adjoining Castle.]