The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 26
... possibly the spacious pillared effect would be lost for a time until the expanding population of the castle would necessitate the enlargement of the hall to its old proportions . Thus , despite the efforts of the artist of the Bayeux ...
... possibly the spacious pillared effect would be lost for a time until the expanding population of the castle would necessitate the enlargement of the hall to its old proportions . Thus , despite the efforts of the artist of the Bayeux ...
Page 38
... possibly over the staircase angle . The upper part of the keep has been vaulted over in recent times , and embrasures made in the tops of the walls for modern cannon . It is a pity that this keep could not be cleared out and ...
... possibly over the staircase angle . The upper part of the keep has been vaulted over in recent times , and embrasures made in the tops of the walls for modern cannon . It is a pity that this keep could not be cleared out and ...
Page 52
... possibly twelfth - century - keep on the top of a broad motte at Christchurch in Hampshire has had its angles splayed off in an attempt to avoid such a catastrophe . The round keep , however , was eminently suited to such a site . The ...
... possibly twelfth - century - keep on the top of a broad motte at Christchurch in Hampshire has had its angles splayed off in an attempt to avoid such a catastrophe . The round keep , however , was eminently suited to such a site . 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