The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 35
... basement of which had a row of columns down it to support the floor , and a long narrow chamber . The staircases were in the usual position , and at the lower end of the hall the wall was thickened out for the latrines . It is a pity ...
... basement of which had a row of columns down it to support the floor , and a long narrow chamber . The staircases were in the usual position , and at the lower end of the hall the wall was thickened out for the latrines . It is a pity ...
Page 38
... basement was built out at this point to contain them . There are the remains of two large tower - keeps in the east G country which have unfortunately been destroyed to their basement storeys. THE RAISED KEEP AT PORTCHESTER 40 ORFORD ...
... basement was built out at this point to contain them . There are the remains of two large tower - keeps in the east G country which have unfortunately been destroyed to their basement storeys. THE RAISED KEEP AT PORTCHESTER 40 ORFORD ...
Page 78
... basement of the hall having had the usual row of columns down its centre . The circular stair - turret at the south ... basement , and even fortified it in the form of a hall - keep . Although the basement under the hall remained popular ...
... basement of the hall having had the usual row of columns down its centre . The circular stair - turret at the south ... basement , and even fortified it in the form of a hall - keep . Although the basement under the hall remained popular ...
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