The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... remains may be seen in the photograph . This graceful tower was probably built by one of the de Veres at the very end of the reign of Henry I. ARIAN Look- The great tower - keeps of Rochester and Hedingham stand alone in this country ...
... remains may be seen in the photograph . This graceful tower was probably built by one of the de Veres at the very end of the reign of Henry I. ARIAN Look- The great tower - keeps of Rochester and Hedingham stand alone in this country ...
Page 84
... remains at Caerphilly in Glamorgan , of which castle , once the finest in England , I shall have more to say later . The rather earlier hall at Ludlow has already been mentioned . Conway Castle has the remains of a fine hall ( 70 ) with ...
... remains at Caerphilly in Glamorgan , of which castle , once the finest in England , I shall have more to say later . The rather earlier hall at Ludlow has already been mentioned . Conway Castle has the remains of a fine hall ( 70 ) with ...
Page 99
... remains ) . The two Midland strongholds of Elmley and Warwick present strange contrasts , the former deserted in favour of its mighty rival , which has stolen its glories away and now forms the home of an Earl whose predecessors once ...
... remains ) . The two Midland strongholds of Elmley and Warwick present strange contrasts , the former deserted in favour of its mighty rival , which has stolen its glories away and now forms the home of an Earl whose predecessors once ...
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