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Thus we get that feature so beloved of most of us - the castle moat , once the truest friend of many a harassed castellan - to - day beautifying many a lonely ruin . Some of the earliest castles had primitive water defences , formed by ...
Thus we get that feature so beloved of most of us - the castle moat , once the truest friend of many a harassed castellan - to - day beautifying many a lonely ruin . Some of the earliest castles had primitive water defences , formed by ...
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Hugh Braun. 97 ST MAWES , CORNWALL : the most attractive of Henry VIII's Coastal Castles period and you have an Arab house , its rooms. 98 BEAUMARIS , ANGLESEY : the List Walls above the Moat.
Hugh Braun. 97 ST MAWES , CORNWALL : the most attractive of Henry VIII's Coastal Castles period and you have an Arab house , its rooms. 98 BEAUMARIS , ANGLESEY : the List Walls above the Moat.
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... of the castle with most of their windows looking into it ( although , of course , as the defensive factor became more and more neglected , windows were also pierced in the outer wall above the moat to give a better view ) .
... of the castle with most of their windows looking into it ( although , of course , as the defensive factor became more and more neglected , windows were also pierced in the outer wall above the moat to give a better view ) .
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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| 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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