The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... followed this chieftain was not composed of men of his own blood , in whom he could repose absolute trust ; and the earthworks themselves suggest that they are the work of an invader who came to settle in these islands , who employed ...
... followed this chieftain was not composed of men of his own blood , in whom he could repose absolute trust ; and the earthworks themselves suggest that they are the work of an invader who came to settle in these islands , who employed ...
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... followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not impossible , for the loss of the s sometimes occurs in place - names ...
... followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not impossible , for the loss of the s sometimes occurs in place - names ...
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... followed the same year by the submission of East Anglia , it seems not unlikely that Edward's various forces may have made a simultaneous advance , along the coast , and along the Roman road by the Fen country ; but this of course is ...
... followed the same year by the submission of East Anglia , it seems not unlikely that Edward's various forces may have made a simultaneous advance , along the coast , and along the Roman road by the Fen country ; but this of course is ...
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... followed by the Danes who colonised Ireland . " The colony had a centre in a fortified town , or it consisted almost exclusively of dwellers in one . But round this town was a district , in which the Irish inhabitants had to pay taxes ...
... followed by the Danes who colonised Ireland . " The colony had a centre in a fortified town , or it consisted almost exclusively of dwellers in one . But round this town was a district , in which the Irish inhabitants had to pay taxes ...
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... . Ad faciendum Ballium circa castellum , £ 50 . Pipe Rolls , xix . , 13 . This is followed by another entry of £ 18 , 135. 7d . " in operatione castelli , " which may refer to the same work . Roman walls , whose line it does not follow .
... . Ad faciendum Ballium circa castellum , £ 50 . Pipe Rolls , xix . , 13 . This is followed by another entry of £ 18 , 135. 7d . " in operatione castelli , " which may refer to the same work . Roman walls , whose line it does not follow .
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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