The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... figs . 5 , 9 , 10 , 18 , 24 , 38 , 47 , 82 , 84 , 110 , 120 ; Mr. Charles E. Brown , for fig . 15 ; Central Press , for fig . 44 ; the late Mr. Brian C. Clayton , for figs . 26 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 36 , 39 , 45 , 46 , 51 , 52 , 69 , 71 , 72 ...
... figs . 5 , 9 , 10 , 18 , 24 , 38 , 47 , 82 , 84 , 110 , 120 ; Mr. Charles E. Brown , for fig . 15 ; Central Press , for fig . 44 ; the late Mr. Brian C. Clayton , for figs . 26 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 36 , 39 , 45 , 46 , 51 , 52 , 69 , 71 , 72 ...
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... Fig . 42 shows the angle of the keep rebuilt after this disaster and cracked again owing to faulty reconstruction . John's men thus got into the southern half of the keep , but the garrison on the other side of the cross - wall held out ...
... Fig . 42 shows the angle of the keep rebuilt after this disaster and cracked again owing to faulty reconstruction . John's men thus got into the southern half of the keep , but the garrison on the other side of the cross - wall held out ...
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... Fig . 59 shows allures on a castle wall . The best way , however , of efficiently commanding the whole external face of a castle wall , is by constructing towers projecting from it towards the field , so that persons standing on their ...
... Fig . 59 shows allures on a castle wall . The best way , however , of efficiently commanding the whole external face of a castle wall , is by constructing towers projecting from it towards the field , so that persons standing on their ...
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