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As the work proceeds the ditch becomes wider and deeper and the rampart higher and wider . The main scarp of the work , that is to say the slope which will face the enemy , is becoming higher and higher , the labourers carrying up the ...
As the work proceeds the ditch becomes wider and deeper and the rampart higher and wider . The main scarp of the work , that is to say the slope which will face the enemy , is becoming higher and higher , the labourers carrying up the ...
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An additional defence provided beyond an entrance is usually known as a barbican , and we may call these little enclosures , for want of a better name , barbicans , although sometimes they are so large as to become complete " outer ...
An additional defence provided beyond an entrance is usually known as a barbican , and we may call these little enclosures , for want of a better name , barbicans , although sometimes they are so large as to become complete " outer ...
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By the thirteenth century , tower and hall had become completely united , to form , as it were the old plan of hall and chamber end to end as in the original Norman houses . The difference was , however , that whereas the hall had been ...
By the thirteenth century , tower and hall had become completely united , to form , as it were the old plan of hall and chamber end to end as in the original Norman houses . The difference was , however , that whereas the hall had been ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Castle British heritage series English countryside series |
| Author | Hugh Braun |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | B. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2020 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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