The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ( 1 ) boundary earthworks ; ( 2 ) sepul- chral or religious circles or ...
... banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ( 1 ) boundary earthworks ; ( 2 ) sepul- chral or religious circles or ...
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... banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earth- work of England has furnished an admirable text - book of this subject . 2 See Frontispiece ...
... banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earth- work of England has furnished an admirable text - book of this subject . 2 See Frontispiece ...
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... banks for an entrance . They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . itself if we examine it carefully . In the first.
... banks for an entrance . They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . itself if we examine it carefully . In the first.
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... banks of the river Lea.1 William of Malmesbury tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis ...
... banks of the river Lea.1 William of Malmesbury tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis ...
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... banks forming a square with rounded corners . See Fig . 3 . 8 To complete our knowledge of Anglo - Saxon fortifi ... bank and trench , which seem to have been of a square form , " were to be seen.1 In the following chapter we shall ...
... banks forming a square with rounded corners . See Fig . 3 . 8 To complete our knowledge of Anglo - Saxon fortifi ... bank and trench , which seem to have been of a square form , " were to be seen.1 In the following chapter we shall ...
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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