The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 29
... late keeps such as Scarborough that vertical flues are found passing upward through the walls . As the inhabi- tants of the castle might find themselves con- fined to the tower for a long period , a well was most essential , and ...
... late keeps such as Scarborough that vertical flues are found passing upward through the walls . As the inhabi- tants of the castle might find themselves con- fined to the tower for a long period , a well was most essential , and ...
Page 37
... late hall - keeps are those of Middleham in York- shire ( p . 36 ) and Norham in Northumberland ( 30 ) . These keeps are both much more elaborate than the earlier examples , having vaulted basements and various projections from the ...
... late hall - keeps are those of Middleham in York- shire ( p . 36 ) and Norham in Northumberland ( 30 ) . These keeps are both much more elaborate than the earlier examples , having vaulted basements and various projections from the ...
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... late as John's reign we find this king building a timber chapel within the castle of Sauvey in Leicestershire . There are few really noteworthy chapels remaining in our castles . At Goodrich one of the gatehouse towers was used as the ...
... late as John's reign we find this king building a timber chapel within the castle of Sauvey in Leicestershire . There are few really noteworthy chapels remaining in our castles . At Goodrich one of the gatehouse towers was used as the ...
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