The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 72
... give in solely through absence of sanitary arrangements , as , for instance , Rochester in 1088 . It will be appreciated that the stone keeps of the twelfth century had been built as residences and not as strictly 72 CASTLE THE ENGLISH.
... give in solely through absence of sanitary arrangements , as , for instance , Rochester in 1088 . It will be appreciated that the stone keeps of the twelfth century had been built as residences and not as strictly 72 CASTLE THE ENGLISH.
Page 111
... give a better view ) . The wall - towers , however , remained to the bitter end to give the full flavour of Feudalism to the castle . So , too , does the great gatehouse , although this suffers various necessary modifications . At ...
... give a better view ) . The wall - towers , however , remained to the bitter end to give the full flavour of Feudalism to the castle . So , too , does the great gatehouse , although this suffers various necessary modifications . At ...
Page 111
... give the besiegers as much of a journey as possible when they were trying to force an entry . At Portchester the gatehouse was added to externally no less than three times , so that to enter the castle you have to pass through four ...
... give the besiegers as much of a journey as possible when they were trying to force an entry . At Portchester the gatehouse was added to externally no less than three times , so that to enter the castle you have to pass through four ...
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