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It will be appreciated that earthwork by itself will not serve as more than an obstruction to check and disorganise a charge of attacking warriors . In order for the works to be effective as a defence , the rampart must be surmounted by ...
It will be appreciated that earthwork by itself will not serve as more than an obstruction to check and disorganise a charge of attacking warriors . In order for the works to be effective as a defence , the rampart must be surmounted by ...
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A line of earthwork cut across the neck of the promontory would turn the site into a primitive fortress . If the projection of the promontory becomes less pronounced and its base proportionately longer , so much more earthwork is needed ...
A line of earthwork cut across the neck of the promontory would turn the site into a primitive fortress . If the projection of the promontory becomes less pronounced and its base proportionately longer , so much more earthwork is needed ...
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Where the earthwork defences were entirely new , however , the Saxons do not appear to have adopted the rectangular ... and possibly excavation will show that many more supposedly Saxon earthworks are simply ancient sites re - fortified ...
Where the earthwork defences were entirely new , however , the Saxons do not appear to have adopted the rectangular ... and possibly excavation will show that many more supposedly Saxon earthworks are simply ancient sites re - fortified ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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angle appears arch architecture arrangement bailey base basement beautiful become besiegers building built called castle chamber chapel circular complete consider constructed course curtains defences ditch door early earthwork Edward elaborate engines England English entrance erected example figs fine floor fortified fortress four garrison gate gatehouse give hall hall-keep Henry interesting interior keep king known land late later less lines lofty lord lower mediaeval middle military moat motte mound Norman once original outer palisades passage passed perhaps period possibly probably protected raised ramparts remains rising roof round ruins seems seen shows side siege sometimes square stair staircase stands stone stone walls storey strong structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber to-day tower tower-keeps turn turrets twelfth century upper usually wall-towers walls whole
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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