The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... entrance in it , and a chamber on the second floor under the roof . Some of the later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At Bramber in Sussex a lofty tower of this type was erected beside the gate of ...
... entrance in it , and a chamber on the second floor under the roof . Some of the later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At Bramber in Sussex a lofty tower of this type was erected beside the gate of ...
Page 86
... entrance arch through which water could be poured upon a fire should the besiegers try to build one against the timber gate itself . We have lately been rather neglectful of this most impor- tant feature of the mediaeval castle - its ...
... entrance arch through which water could be poured upon a fire should the besiegers try to build one against the timber gate itself . We have lately been rather neglectful of this most impor- tant feature of the mediaeval castle - its ...
Page 89
... entrance , making the gate- house into a rectangular block with two projecting semi- circular towers projecting towards the field , having the entrance passage between them . On the first floor of these great gatehouses were large rooms ...
... entrance , making the gate- house into a rectangular block with two projecting semi- circular towers projecting towards the field , having the entrance passage between them . On the first floor of these great gatehouses were large rooms ...
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