The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... century , less attention was paid to earthworks than by our older topographical writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of ...
... century , less attention was paid to earthworks than by our older topographical writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of ...
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... century is little to the credit of English archæology . Mr Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture ( published in 1884 ) , which has the merit of being one of the first to pay due attention to castle earthworks , counterbalances ...
... century is little to the credit of English archæology . Mr Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture ( published in 1884 ) , which has the merit of being one of the first to pay due attention to castle earthworks , counterbalances ...
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... century do the same ; and the confederacy of five Danish towns which existed in Mercia in the 10th century is called in contemporary records fif burga , the five boroughs.2 Burh is a noun derived from the word beorgan , to protect ...
... century do the same ; and the confederacy of five Danish towns which existed in Mercia in the 10th century is called in contemporary records fif burga , the five boroughs.2 Burh is a noun derived from the word beorgan , to protect ...
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... century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct from the familiar burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French ...
... century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct from the familiar burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French ...
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... century " a poor compilation of little authority , " was the first writer to state that the walls of 1 Ante , p . 21 . 2 Haverfield , in V. C. H. Worcester , Romano - British Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 ...
... century " a poor compilation of little authority , " was the first writer to state that the walls of 1 Ante , p . 21 . 2 Haverfield , in V. C. H. Worcester , Romano - British Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 ...
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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