The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 52
... stands the lonely round tower of Dolbardarn , which seems late in date . An English example of a round keep on a motte once existed at Chartley in Staffordshire , but very little remains of this to - day . One of the most interesting ...
... stands the lonely round tower of Dolbardarn , which seems late in date . An English example of a round keep on a motte once existed at Chartley in Staffordshire , but very little remains of this to - day . One of the most interesting ...
Page 54
... stands before it . It will be appreciated that the entrance to a castle , besides being fireproof if possible , was also generally placed where it could be com- manded by the motte , if there was one ; else , if a keep was built , this ...
... stands before it . It will be appreciated that the entrance to a castle , besides being fireproof if possible , was also generally placed where it could be com- manded by the motte , if there was one ; else , if a keep was built , this ...
Page 111
... stands rather apart from most of the castles of the period in that it was not merely the residence of a wealthy landowner but was built under licence from the king with the definite view of protecting the country in the event of French ...
... stands rather apart from most of the castles of the period in that it was not merely the residence of a wealthy landowner but was built under licence from the king with the definite view of protecting the country in the event of French ...
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