The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... enclosures clearly non - military , intended to protect sheep and cattle from wolves , or to aid in the capture of wild animals.1 This classification , it will be observed , makes no attempt to decide the dates of the different types of ...
... enclosures clearly non - military , intended to protect sheep and cattle from wolves , or to aid in the capture of wild animals.1 This classification , it will be observed , makes no attempt to decide the dates of the different types of ...
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... enclosures which he thinks were intended for the residence of the chief ; but he calls attention to the great difference between these camps and the class we are now considering , in that the inner enclosure is of much greater size . It ...
... enclosures which he thinks were intended for the residence of the chief ; but he calls attention to the great difference between these camps and the class we are now considering , in that the inner enclosure is of much greater size . It ...
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... enclosures of considerable size ( 6 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 ...
... enclosures of considerable size ( 6 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 ...
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... enclosure resembling a stable - yard of modern times . The description of the storming of York by the Danes in 867 shows that the Roman walls of that city were still preserved . These passages are the solitary instances of ...
... enclosure resembling a stable - yard of modern times . The description of the storming of York by the Danes in 867 shows that the Roman walls of that city were still preserved . These passages are the solitary instances of ...
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... enclosure , the word was naturally applied by the Anglo- Saxons to the prehistoric and British " camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round every ...
... enclosure , the word was naturally applied by the Anglo- Saxons to the prehistoric and British " camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round every ...
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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