The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page 252
... Gwynedd or North Wales , Powys or Mid - Wales , and Deheubarth , all almost incessantly at war with each Pennant's Tour in Wales , Rhys ' edition , ii . , 234 . 2 Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales , pp . 238 , 94. The MS . of the ...
... Gwynedd or North Wales , Powys or Mid - Wales , and Deheubarth , all almost incessantly at war with each Pennant's Tour in Wales , Rhys ' edition , ii . , 234 . 2 Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales , pp . 238 , 94. The MS . of the ...
Page 256
... Gwynedd and Powys . Gwynedd covered the present shires of Anglesea , Carnarvon , and Merioneth , and the mountainous districts round Snowdon.1 Powys stretched from the estuary of the Dee to the upper course of the Wye , and roughly ...
... Gwynedd and Powys . Gwynedd covered the present shires of Anglesea , Carnarvon , and Merioneth , and the mountainous districts round Snowdon.1 Powys stretched from the estuary of the Dee to the upper course of the Wye , and roughly ...
Page 257
... Gwynedd , from which the rightful ruler , Griffith ap Cynan , had been driven as an exile to Ireland . It does not appear that there was any fortification at RHUDDLAN2 before the " castle newly erected " by 1 " Wales and the Coming of ...
... Gwynedd , from which the rightful ruler , Griffith ap Cynan , had been driven as an exile to Ireland . It does not appear that there was any fortification at RHUDDLAN2 before the " castle newly erected " by 1 " Wales and the Coming of ...
Page 259
... Gwynedd . * The two conical hills which rise here offer an excellent site for fortification , one of them being large enough on top for a consider- able camp . The Norman Conqueror treated them as two mottes , and connected them by ...
... Gwynedd . * The two conical hills which rise here offer an excellent site for fortification , one of them being large enough on top for a consider- able camp . The Norman Conqueror treated them as two mottes , and connected them by ...
Page 260
... Gwynedd in 1147 was one of the sweetest triumphs that the Welsh ever won.2 It is clear from the Life of Griffith ap Cynan3 that the Earl of Chester had conquered and incastellated Gwynedd before the accession of William Rufus . This ...
... Gwynedd in 1147 was one of the sweetest triumphs that the Welsh ever won.2 It is clear from the Life of Griffith ap Cynan3 that the Earl of Chester had conquered and incastellated Gwynedd before the accession of William Rufus . This ...
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