The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page ix
... evidence which has recently been accumulated . The writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only to a right ascrip- tion of British castle - mounds , and of the stone castles built upon many ...
... evidence which has recently been accumulated . The writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only to a right ascrip- tion of British castle - mounds , and of the stone castles built upon many ...
Page x
... evidence of the Pipe Rolls we are in the land of guesswork , unsup- ported , as a rule , by the decorative details which render it easy to read the structural history of most churches . My warmest thanks are due to Mr Duncan H ...
... evidence of the Pipe Rolls we are in the land of guesswork , unsup- ported , as a rule , by the decorative details which render it easy to read the structural history of most churches . My warmest thanks are due to Mr Duncan H ...
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... evidence.2 And Mr George Neilson , in his essay on " The Motes in Norman Scotland " ( to which we shall often have occasion to refer hereafter ) , shows that 1 Primitive Folkmoots . See Appendix A. • Early Fortifications in Scotland , p ...
... evidence.2 And Mr George Neilson , in his essay on " The Motes in Norman Scotland " ( to which we shall often have occasion to refer hereafter ) , shows that 1 Primitive Folkmoots . See Appendix A. • Early Fortifications in Scotland , p ...
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... evidence , as there are some mottes which stand alone , without any accompany- ing court . Excavation or documentary evidence can alone decide in these cases , though the presence of 1 Some writers give the name of moot - hill to places ...
... evidence , as there are some mottes which stand alone , without any accompany- ing court . Excavation or documentary evidence can alone decide in these cases , though the presence of 1 Some writers give the name of moot - hill to places ...
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... evidence , that evidence appears to us to be very conclusive . But before we deal with it , we will try to find out what sort of fortifications the Anglo - Saxons actually did construct . The first fortification which we read of in the ...
... evidence , that evidence appears to us to be very conclusive . But before we deal with it , we will try to find out what sort of fortifications the Anglo - Saxons actually did construct . The first fortification which we read of in the ...
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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