The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 56
... siege operations were conducted and repulsed . It must be understood that the early Norman castles were not designed to hold a large population . The ordinary resi- dential castle merely contained the lord and his wife and family and a ...
... siege operations were conducted and repulsed . It must be understood that the early Norman castles were not designed to hold a large population . The ordinary resi- dential castle merely contained the lord and his wife and family and a ...
Page 71
... siege engines ) . It is doubtful whether our castles were as a general rule armed with engines , and certainly the solid bastion is very seldom found , the hollow habitable form being invariably adopted . The roofs of such towers were ...
... siege engines ) . It is doubtful whether our castles were as a general rule armed with engines , and certainly the solid bastion is very seldom found , the hollow habitable form being invariably adopted . The roofs of such towers were ...
Page 125
... siege which was to last for over two years , and end in the destruction of all he possessed . Few places offered a resistance comparable with that of Basing . The old fortresses of bygone days were best off when it came to a siege . At ...
... siege which was to last for over two years , and end in the destruction of all he possessed . Few places offered a resistance comparable with that of Basing . The old fortresses of bygone days were best off when it came to a siege . At ...
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