The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... 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 the proper ...
... 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 the proper ...
Page 60
... 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 down in front to prevent the man's nose being cut off ( 53 ) . Later on this " nasal " was abandoned 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 down in front to prevent the man's nose being cut off ( 53 ) . Later on this " nasal " was abandoned and ...
Page 90
... Later still the chains were attached to the ends of two arms which projected from above the arch of the gate ( the slots for these may often be seen in the walls of our later castle gatehouses , as at Hurstmonceux in Sussex ( 91 ) ...
... Later still the chains were attached to the ends of two arms which projected from above the arch of the gate ( the slots for these may often be seen in the walls of our later castle gatehouses , as at Hurstmonceux in Sussex ( 91 ) ...
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