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Thus , for the first time in the history of earthwork , the mound was employed as a dwellingplace instead of a tomb . An early twelfth - century Flemish writer thus describes the earth and timber castles of his time .
Thus , for the first time in the history of earthwork , the mound was employed as a dwellingplace instead of a tomb . An early twelfth - century Flemish writer thus describes the earth and timber castles of his time .
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Although many castles originally consisted of enclosures of ditch and rampart , the really typical feature of the Norman castle is the mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which crowned ...
Although many castles originally consisted of enclosures of ditch and rampart , the really typical feature of the Norman castle is the mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which crowned ...
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Having discovered the value of the mound in defensive earthwork , the Normans proceeded to experiment further with it . Most of us have spent an hour or two of a summer holiday in constructing castle mounds on the sands of the seashore ...
Having discovered the value of the mound in defensive earthwork , the Normans proceeded to experiment further with it . Most of us have spent an hour or two of a summer holiday in constructing castle mounds on the sands of the seashore ...
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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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