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up to 120 acres ; the largest Norman castle " bailey " in this country was set out , perhaps , to enclose an area of some five acres . When the ditches had been dug round this and ramparts , anything up to sixty feet or so in thickness ...
up to 120 acres ; the largest Norman castle " bailey " in this country was set out , perhaps , to enclose an area of some five acres . When the ditches had been dug round this and ramparts , anything up to sixty feet or so in thickness ...
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If you should mount to the second floor you will perhaps not be able to see the pavement below , and on the floor above that , even if there is a riot going on in the street , you may not be able to see it - without leaning out .
If you should mount to the second floor you will perhaps not be able to see the pavement below , and on the floor above that , even if there is a riot going on in the street , you may not be able to see it - without leaning out .
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As with the castles , most of these have been obliterated by the later stone walls , but in some places the old earthwork defences remain round little lost towns whose populations have sometimes completely deserted them , perhaps at the ...
As with the castles , most of these have been obliterated by the later stone walls , but in some places the old earthwork defences remain round little lost towns whose populations have sometimes completely deserted them , perhaps at the ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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angle appears arch architecture arrangement bailey base basement beautiful become besiegers building built called castle chamber chapel circular complete consider constructed course curtains defences ditch door early earthwork Edward elaborate engines England English entrance erected example figs fine floor fortified fortress four garrison gate gatehouse give hall hall-keep Henry interesting interior keep king known land late later less lines lofty lord lower mediaeval middle military moat motte mound Norman once original outer palisades passage passed perhaps period possibly probably protected raised ramparts remains rising roof round ruins seems seen shows side siege sometimes square stair staircase stands stone stone walls storey strong structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber to-day tower tower-keeps turn turrets twelfth century upper usually wall-towers walls whole
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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