The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... country a series of small tower - keeps , most of them probably dating from the middle of the twelfth century . They are generally about forty feet 34 SCARBOROUGH , YORKSHIRE : Henry II's first Tower - 42 CASTLE THE ENGLISH.
... country a series of small tower - keeps , most of them probably dating from the middle of the twelfth century . They are generally about forty feet 34 SCARBOROUGH , YORKSHIRE : Henry II's first Tower - 42 CASTLE THE ENGLISH.
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Hugh Braun. in Sussex , Tickhill in Yorkshire , Alnwick in Northumber- land , Sherborne in Dorset and Castle Rising in ... Yorkshire was one of the earliest castles in this country to have stone walls TA εΊ· 48 LUDLOW , SHROPSHIRE : the ...
Hugh Braun. in Sussex , Tickhill in Yorkshire , Alnwick in Northumber- land , Sherborne in Dorset and Castle Rising in ... Yorkshire was one of the earliest castles in this country to have stone walls TA εΊ· 48 LUDLOW , SHROPSHIRE : the ...
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... Yorkshire , were deliberately planted on mounds raised in the middle of swamps . The moated castle of the thirteenth century , however , was usually situated on low ground , where a broad shallow ditch ( quite unlike the deep V - shaped ...
... Yorkshire , were deliberately planted on mounds raised in the middle of swamps . The moated castle of the thirteenth century , however , was usually situated on low ground , where a broad shallow ditch ( quite unlike the deep V - shaped ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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arch architects architecture bailey barbican basement Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris beautiful besiegers Bishop's Waltham built Caerphilly castellan castle halls CASTLE RISING castle-builders chapel Chepstow Chilham circular constructed crenellated cross-wall defences ditch domestic buildings Dover early Norman earthwork Edward Edwardian elaborate enclosure engines England English castle entrance passage erected example feudal figs fireplace forebuilding fortified fortress fourteenth century Framlingham gallery garrison gate gatehouse hall and chamber hall-keep Henry HEREFORDSHIRE interior Kidwelly later latrines lord main floor masonry Maxstoke mediaeval middle military moat MONMOUTHSHIRE motte motte-and-bailey castles Norman castle Orford outer palisades Portchester possibly protected ramparts remains Rochester roof round keep royal castles ruins Saxon scarps seems seen shell-keep Shropshire side siege stair staircase stone walls storey stronghold structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber castle to-day tower Tower of London tower-keeps trebuchet triforium twelfth century upper usually wall-towers Yorkshire