The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is the fruit of eleven years of further research . The result of the inquiry is to establish the theory advanced in that earlier paper , that these castles , in the British Islands ...
... Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is the fruit of eleven years of further research . The result of the inquiry is to establish the theory advanced in that earlier paper , that these castles , in the British Islands ...
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... WALES • 251 CHAPTER IX MOTTE - CASTLES IN SOUTH WALES · 273 CHAPTER X PAGE MOTTE - CASTLES IN SCOTLAND 302 CHAPTER.
... WALES • 251 CHAPTER IX MOTTE - CASTLES IN SOUTH WALES · 273 CHAPTER X PAGE MOTTE - CASTLES IN SCOTLAND 302 CHAPTER.
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... WALES " 381 382 • 382 383 • 385 385 386 387 388 388 389 · 390 • 390 391 · 392 392 393 393 Schedule of English CasTLES FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 396 INDEX 401 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS Motte - Castles xiv CONTENTS.
... WALES " 381 382 • 382 383 • 385 385 386 387 388 388 389 · 390 • 390 391 · 392 392 393 393 Schedule of English CasTLES FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 396 INDEX 401 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS Motte - Castles xiv CONTENTS.
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... Wales : -Mold , Welshpool , Wrexham , Mathraval · 41. Motte - Castles of South Wales : -Cilgerran , Blaenporth , Chastell Gwalter • 212 • 220 226 • 228 232 234 • 236 244 · 260 282 42. Motte - Castles of South Wales : -Builth , Gemaron ...
... Wales : -Mold , Welshpool , Wrexham , Mathraval · 41. Motte - Castles of South Wales : -Cilgerran , Blaenporth , Chastell Gwalter • 212 • 220 226 • 228 232 234 • 236 244 · 260 282 42. Motte - Castles of South Wales : -Builth , Gemaron ...
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... Wales and in the Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also that small forts of this kind , easily and cheaply constructed , and defensible by a small ...
... Wales and in the Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also that small forts of this kind , easily and cheaply constructed , and defensible by a small ...
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