Book of Norman EnglandUsing archaeological, topographical and architectural evidence, this book covers the entire story of Norman England in an accessible way. It describes the impact of the Norman Conquest on England and looks at the castles, monasteries and churches and their effect on the landscape. |
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Page 48
It is further recorded that William spent eight days here improving the fortifications , but the only known excavated evidence for William's siegeworks here are in the form of a 5.5m ( 18ft ) deep ditch which cut across the Saxon ...
It is further recorded that William spent eight days here improving the fortifications , but the only known excavated evidence for William's siegeworks here are in the form of a 5.5m ( 18ft ) deep ditch which cut across the Saxon ...
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OUTER ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་ DITCH INNER DITCH OUTER DITCH INNER WARD OUTER WARD BRIDGE SOUTH GATE f1100 80 60 40 20 0 100 Scale of Feet 200 27 The plan of Berkhamsted Castle , showing the motte and bailey , which was ...
OUTER ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་ DITCH INNER DITCH OUTER DITCH INNER WARD OUTER WARD BRIDGE SOUTH GATE f1100 80 60 40 20 0 100 Scale of Feet 200 27 The plan of Berkhamsted Castle , showing the motte and bailey , which was ...
Page 71
The bailey was surrounded by a rampart on top of which a palisade was built and by a ditch or ditches . ... from their enemies to make a hill of earth , as high as they can , and encircle it with a ditch as broad and deep as possible .
The bailey was surrounded by a rampart on top of which a palisade was built and by a ditch or ditches . ... from their enemies to make a hill of earth , as high as they can , and encircle it with a ditch as broad and deep as possible .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Book of Norman England English Heritage |
| Author | Trevor Rowley |
| Contributor | English Heritage |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | B.T. Batsford, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713480661, 9780713480665 |
| Length | 144 pages |
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