The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... less and less feudal . Castle building ceased , partly under the effect of that social change but also , towards the end , under the effect of artillery which gradually compelled the defensive to substitute earthwork for stone walls ...
... less and less feudal . Castle building ceased , partly under the effect of that social change but also , towards the end , under the effect of artillery which gradually compelled the defensive to substitute earthwork for stone walls ...
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... less pro- nounced and its base proportionately longer , so much more earthwork is needed and the defensive lines will curve across from flank to flank making the shape of the site approximately a sector of a circle . Perhaps there is no ...
... less pro- nounced and its base proportionately longer , so much more earthwork is needed and the defensive lines will curve across from flank to flank making the shape of the site approximately a sector of a circle . Perhaps there is no ...
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... less likely to enter . Early keeps were not really built for active defence . Their main purpose was protection for the occu- pants , and the wall - walk was almost the only place whence the besieged could in their turn annoy the ...
... less likely to enter . Early keeps were not really built for active defence . Their main purpose was protection for the occu- pants , and the wall - walk was almost the only place whence the besieged could in their turn annoy the ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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