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Page 38
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 the old Braose stronghold , the earlier motte being too remote for ...
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 the old Braose stronghold , the earlier motte being too remote for ...
Page 60
The defensive armour of the twelfth century was the long shirt of chain mail reaching to the knees and , later on , chain mail breeches to protect the whole leg . The helmet was first of all the conical type with a strip of metal coming ...
The defensive armour of the twelfth century was the long shirt of chain mail reaching to the knees and , later on , chain mail breeches to protect the whole leg . The helmet was first of all the conical type with a strip of metal coming ...
Page 92
Across this pit the bridge was pivoted seesaw fashion , the inner edge of it later having heavy counterpoise arms which sank into curved slots in the end of the pit as may be seen in the gatehouse of Bungay . The next development was to ...
Across this pit the bridge was pivoted seesaw fashion , the inner edge of it later having heavy counterpoise arms which sank into curved slots in the end of the pit as may be seen in the gatehouse of Bungay . The next development was to ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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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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