The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... acres was not constructed for the same purpose as one which only contains an area of three . We are not concerned here , however , with the 1 In the paper on Earthworks in the second volume of the Victoria County History of Yorkshire ...
... acres was not constructed for the same purpose as one which only contains an area of three . We are not concerned here , however , with the 1 In the paper on Earthworks in the second volume of the Victoria County History of Yorkshire ...
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... acre ; it must have been crowned by a stockade of timber , and the representations in the Bayeux Tapestry would lead us to think that it always enclosed a wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval ...
... acre ; it must have been crowned by a stockade of timber , and the representations in the Bayeux Tapestry would lead us to think that it always enclosed a wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval ...
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... acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than one and a half.1 " " Now this type of fort will tell us a good deal about 1 ...
... acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than one and a half.1 " " Now this type of fort will tell us a good deal about 1 ...
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... acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the principal feature of class ( e ) . It is clear , in the third place , that the man who threw up earthworks of this latter class was not only suspicious ...
... acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the principal feature of class ( e ) . It is clear , in the third place , that the man who threw up earthworks of this latter class was not only suspicious ...
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... acres , a site large enough for a city of Ida's day . The church of St Peter was placed on the highest point . The castle which was built there in Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site ...
... acres , a site large enough for a city of Ida's day . The church of St Peter was placed on the highest point . The castle which was built there in Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer