The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... castle and , although not its owner , was in much the same position as if he had been , occupying the great chamber just like the lord of an ordinary residential castle . The constableship of a castle was a very important position and ...
... castle and , although not its owner , was in much the same position as if he had been , occupying the great chamber just like the lord of an ordinary residential castle . The constableship of a castle was a very important position and ...
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... castle , but at the Beauchamp castle of Elmley in Worcestershire the plan of the collegiate chapel has yet to be recovered by excavation . Easily the majority of castles in this country were originally founded as earth and timber ...
... castle , but at the Beauchamp castle of Elmley in Worcestershire the plan of the collegiate chapel has yet to be recovered by excavation . Easily the majority of castles in this country were originally founded as earth and timber ...
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... castle - builders of the thirteenth century is , however , shown by their choice of site . The earliest castles had ... castle . The only sure defence against mining was water defence to surround your castle with water which would ...
... castle - builders of the thirteenth century is , however , shown by their choice of site . The earliest castles had ... castle . The only sure defence against mining was water defence to surround your castle with water which would ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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