The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 31
... strong to be battered down by the primitive siege engines at the disposal of the early Normans . With their well - stocked basements they could feed their garrisons for long periods . Some method had to be devised . by which the proud ...
... strong to be battered down by the primitive siege engines at the disposal of the early Normans . With their well - stocked basements they could feed their garrisons for long periods . Some method had to be devised . by which the proud ...
Page 38
... strong because of the rather feeble timber defences by which it was surrounded . By about the year 1100 , some of the larger castles in the south of England , such as London and Rochester , were having their defences rebuilt in stone ...
... strong because of the rather feeble timber defences by which it was surrounded . By about the year 1100 , some of the larger castles in the south of England , such as London and Rochester , were having their defences rebuilt in stone ...
Page 71
... strong they were , siege engines could not be mounted on them . It was not until some time later that lead came into general use as a roof covering and enabled flat roofs to be constructed , and it will be noticed that the interiors of ...
... strong they were , siege engines could not be mounted on them . It was not until some time later that lead came into general use as a roof covering and enabled flat roofs to be constructed , and it will be noticed that the interiors of ...
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