The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... further important step in the study of earthworks was taken by the late Mr I. Chalkley Gould , when he founded the Committee for Ancient Earthworks , and CLASSIFICATION OF EARTHWORKS 3 drew up the classification of earthworks 2 ...
... further important step in the study of earthworks was taken by the late Mr I. Chalkley Gould , when he founded the Committee for Ancient Earthworks , and CLASSIFICATION OF EARTHWORKS 3 drew up the classification of earthworks 2 ...
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... ancient burial is not decided by the account , " Notes on Clifford's Tower , " by the above authors . Trans . York . Philosoph . Soc . , 1902. Another instance is recorded in the Revue Archæologique , to which we have unfortunately lost ...
... ancient burial is not decided by the account , " Notes on Clifford's Tower , " by the above authors . Trans . York . Philosoph . Soc . , 1902. Another instance is recorded in the Revue Archæologique , to which we have unfortunately lost ...
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... ancient camp or of an exceptionally dense population . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 184 . * Schmid , Gesetze der Angelsachsen , pp . 176 , 214 , 372. It is not absolutely certain that the burk in these three cases does not mean a town ...
... ancient camp or of an exceptionally dense population . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 184 . * Schmid , Gesetze der Angelsachsen , pp . 176 , 214 , 372. It is not absolutely certain that the burk in these three cases does not mean a town ...
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... ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French : " munitiones quas Galli castella nuncupant . " The castles which were now introduced into England seem to have been new inventions in ...
... ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French : " munitiones quas Galli castella nuncupant . " The castles which were now introduced into England seem to have been new inventions in ...
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... ancient site . No motte and no Norman castle . 921 A motte and bailey . Out of this list of the burhs of Ethelfleda and Edward , thirteen are mentioned as boroughs in Domesday Book ; and as we ought to subtract five from the list as ...
... ancient site . No motte and no Norman castle . 921 A motte and bailey . Out of this list of the burhs of Ethelfleda and Edward , thirteen are mentioned as boroughs in Domesday Book ; and as we ought to subtract five from the list as ...
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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