The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... feet high . The hillock carried a breast- work of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it ...
... feet high . The hillock carried a breast- work of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it ...
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... FEET . Scale for Plan . 200 FEET . Scale for Section . TOPCLIFFE , YORKS . B 100 200 FEET . Scale for Plan . Church . N. ANSTEY , HERTS . 200 Keep . Scale . 200 FEET . HEDINGHAM , ESSEX . N. Church 100 200 FEET . Scale for Section ...
... FEET . Scale for Plan . 200 FEET . Scale for Section . TOPCLIFFE , YORKS . B 100 200 FEET . Scale for Plan . Church . N. ANSTEY , HERTS . 200 Keep . Scale . 200 FEET . HEDINGHAM , ESSEX . N. Church 100 200 FEET . Scale for Section ...
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... Feet . 1000 RIVER Castle . HAMES WALLINGFORD , BERKS . TRENT Church . Bail Liley . ER WAREHAM , DORSET . FIG . 3 . 500 Feet . Church . ROME żet [ To face p . 28 . Old Pale Old Garden Church 90 1 1 500 100.
... Feet . 1000 RIVER Castle . HAMES WALLINGFORD , BERKS . TRENT Church . Bail Liley . ER WAREHAM , DORSET . FIG . 3 . 500 Feet . Church . ROME żet [ To face p . 28 . Old Pale Old Garden Church 90 1 1 500 100.
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... 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 . There are traces of ...
... 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 . There are traces of ...
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... Feet . 200 Feet . 300 N. 81 . Site of Ditch + ? River 88 GREAT EASTERN Station RAIL WAY 90 ===== FIG . 4 . [ To face p . 36 . N. River www www your mum willin FIG . 5. -
... Feet . 200 Feet . 300 N. 81 . Site of Ditch + ? River 88 GREAT EASTERN Station RAIL WAY 90 ===== FIG . 4 . [ To face p . 36 . N. River www www your mum willin FIG . 5. -
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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