The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 52
... lofty motte . It is not very high itself , however , and has three curious bulges like the one at Skenfrith , possibly to confuse attackers as to where the staircase - weak point of all keeps - was situated . At Dynevor in Carmarthen is ...
... lofty motte . It is not very high itself , however , and has three curious bulges like the one at Skenfrith , possibly to confuse attackers as to where the staircase - weak point of all keeps - was situated . At Dynevor in Carmarthen is ...
Page 58
... lofty tower of the mid - twelfth century , to become circular on plan at the end of the century before it died out altogether as the castle - owners began to turn their attention to the better protection of their castle yards with ...
... lofty tower of the mid - twelfth century , to become circular on plan at the end of the century before it died out altogether as the castle - owners began to turn their attention to the better protection of their castle yards with ...
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... lofty and very sturdily constructed trestle . a Attached to the short end of the peam was a very heavy weight , usually a box full of earth or stones . At the other end was a long leather sling , and this end was hauled down and the ...
... lofty and very sturdily constructed trestle . a Attached to the short end of the peam was a very heavy weight , usually a box full of earth or stones . At the other end was a long leather sling , and this end was hauled down and the ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 7 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 58 |
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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 curtains 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 gallery garrison gate gatehouse hall and chamber hall-keep Henry HEREFORDSHIRE interior Kidwelly later latrines lofty 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 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