The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... moated mound was a Saxon castle . Mr George Neilson continued the same line of argument in his illuminating paper on " The Motes in Norman Scotland " ( Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . , 1898 ) . All that the writer claims is to have ...
... moated mound was a Saxon castle . Mr George Neilson continued the same line of argument in his illuminating paper on " The Motes in Norman Scotland " ( Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . , 1898 ) . All that the writer claims is to have ...
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... moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ...
... moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ...
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... moated hillocks . We shall only treat of the other classes to the extent which is necessary to bring out the special character of classes ( d ) and ( e ) . · Let us look more closely into these earthworks in their perfect form , the ...
... moated hillocks . We shall only treat of the other classes to the extent which is necessary to bring out the special character of classes ( d ) and ( e ) . · Let us look more closely into these earthworks in their perfect form , the ...
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... moated mound - and - court type were the work of the Anglo- Saxons , the question resolves itself into another , namely , Did the Anglo - Saxons build castles ? As far as we know , they did not ; and although to prove a negative we can ...
... moated mound - and - court type were the work of the Anglo- Saxons , the question resolves itself into another , namely , Did the Anglo - Saxons build castles ? As far as we know , they did not ; and although to prove a negative we can ...
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... .-S. gloss as burh . See Fig . 2 . 6 Florence translates burh as urbs nineteen times , as arx four times , as murum once , as munitio once , as civitas once . Medieval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class (
... .-S. gloss as burh . See Fig . 2 . 6 Florence translates burh as urbs nineteen times , as arx four times , as murum once , as munitio once , as civitas once . Medieval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class (
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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