The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 22, Parts 3-4Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1913 |
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Page 324
... counterscarp bank , runs round the base of the motte , and from the counterscarp bank rises a wooden bridge or ladder , leading upwards across the ditch to a platform projecting from the stockade on the motte summit . These keeps ...
... counterscarp bank , runs round the base of the motte , and from the counterscarp bank rises a wooden bridge or ladder , leading upwards across the ditch to a platform projecting from the stockade on the motte summit . These keeps ...
Page 328
... counterscarp of the bailey ditch was defended by a quick hedge of thorns and brambles , or by a row of stakes entwined with thorns , termed the hericia.2 There is another point to note before we attempt to apply this contemporary ...
... counterscarp of the bailey ditch was defended by a quick hedge of thorns and brambles , or by a row of stakes entwined with thorns , termed the hericia.2 There is another point to note before we attempt to apply this contemporary ...
Page 351
... counterscarp is enlarged into a long platform , which doubtless bore additional defences for the protection of this , the weakest part of the fortress . The bailey is small compared with the motte , but its exact dimensions are ...
... counterscarp is enlarged into a long platform , which doubtless bore additional defences for the protection of this , the weakest part of the fortress . The bailey is small compared with the motte , but its exact dimensions are ...
Contents
REV S BARING GOULD | 241 |
REV W D WOODREES | 253 |
AN EXCAVATION AT ADEL | 287 |
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Abbey acres Alan le altar ancient Angl appear Arch Archæological Arinbjörn bailey castle banquette Barnard Castle baron Bishop Bowes burgus carucates Castleton century church Cotherston counterscarp daughter defended died ditch Durham Earl Early Norman earth-and-timber castle earthworks East Riding Egill enclosure England erected Eric estates existing feet fortress Foss gilt Guisborough gules hall Helmsley Henry Henry II History Ibid inscription Item ij John Kilton king land Leeds Lord Malton manor masonry mediæval Middleham Mortain motte and bailey Mowbray Neville Norman castles North Riding Northallerton original palisade Percy Pickering Pickhill Pipe Rolls possession Priory probably promontory rampart rectangular keep reign Richard Richmond Richmondshire Robert de Brus Roman round Rufus Scarborough Sheriff Hutton side siege Skelton Castle Stephen stockade stone castle stronghold Stuteville summit Surdeval Survey Thirsk Thweng timber castle tion tower Vettones wall Whorlton William writer wt couer Yafforth York Yorkshire