The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on the top of the mount . It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount , and thus encloses the whole fortifica- tion . The ...
... ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on the top of the mount . It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount , and thus encloses the whole fortifica- tion . The ...
Page 5
... ditch separat- ing the hillock from the court is at a higher level than the main ditch . Often the ditches were evidently dry from the first , but not infrequently they are wet , and sometimes vestiges of the arrangements for feeding ...
... ditch separat- ing the hillock from the court is at a higher level than the main ditch . Often the ditches were evidently dry from the first , but not infrequently they are wet , and sometimes vestiges of the arrangements for feeding ...
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... ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive work , and it is remote from any Roman road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified . Mr Kerslake argued with some probability that Shrewsbury is ...
... ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive work , and it is remote from any Roman road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified . Mr Kerslake argued with some probability that Shrewsbury is ...
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... ditch and a high outer bank , the proportions of these varying according to the slope of the hill . There are slight remains of a light inner rampart along the western half of this side . The remains of an original entrance ( shown in ...
... ditch and a high outer bank , the proportions of these varying according to the slope of the hill . There are slight remains of a light inner rampart along the western half of this side . The remains of an original entrance ( shown in ...
Page 36
... ditch some 7 to 10 feet below the crest ; the rock on the inner side of this ditch has been cut back to a nearly vertical face , while on the outer bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur ...
... ditch some 7 to 10 feet below the crest ; the rock on the inner side of this ditch has been cut back to a nearly vertical face , while on the outer bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur ...
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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