The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 54
... passing away and the round keep taking its place , and Robert tried the interesting experiment of making his keep ... passed away with the twelfth century , but there were still a few who could not resist the temptation to build these ...
... passing away and the round keep taking its place , and Robert tried the interesting experiment of making his keep ... passed away with the twelfth century , but there were still a few who could not resist the temptation to build these ...
Page 86
... passed away , and the only terms in which the castle - builder could think were those of high stone walls and lofty towers . Let us consider what form such new castles as were built at this period appeared to take . Firstly , the ...
... passed away , and the only terms in which the castle - builder could think were those of high stone walls and lofty towers . Let us consider what form such new castles as were built at this period appeared to take . Firstly , the ...
Page 86
... passed away for ever . It is impossible to lay too much stress upon the very great danger mining was to the high stone towers and curtains of the thirteenth century . New devices were also being improved for assaulting the bases of the ...
... passed away for ever . It is impossible to lay too much stress upon the very great danger mining was to the high stone towers and curtains of the thirteenth century . New devices were also being improved for assaulting the bases of the ...
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