The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... motte - castles of Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is the fruit of eleven years of further research . The result of the inquiry is to establish the theory advanced in that earlier paper , that these castles , in ...
... motte - castles of Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is the fruit of eleven years of further research . The result of the inquiry is to establish the theory advanced in that earlier paper , that these castles , in ...
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Ella S. Armitage. CHAPTER X PAGE MOTTE - CASTLES IN SCOTLAND 302 CHAPTER XI MOTTE - CASTLES IN IRELAND 323 CHAPTER XII STONE CASTLES OF THE NORMAN PERIOD 351 A. PRIMITIVE FOLK - MOOTS APPENDICES • B. WATLING STREET AND THE DANELAGH C ...
Ella S. Armitage. CHAPTER X PAGE MOTTE - CASTLES IN SCOTLAND 302 CHAPTER XI MOTTE - CASTLES IN IRELAND 323 CHAPTER XII STONE CASTLES OF THE NORMAN PERIOD 351 A. PRIMITIVE FOLK - MOOTS APPENDICES • B. WATLING STREET AND THE DANELAGH C ...
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Ella S. Armitage. FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS Motte - Castles from the Bayeux Tapestry : -Dol , Rennes , Dinan , Bayeux , Hastings . • Frontispiece FACING PAGE 1. Typical Motte - Castles : -Topcliffe , Yorks ; Laughton - en ...
Ella S. Armitage. FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS Motte - Castles from the Bayeux Tapestry : -Dol , Rennes , Dinan , Bayeux , Hastings . • Frontispiece FACING PAGE 1. Typical Motte - Castles : -Topcliffe , Yorks ; Laughton - en ...
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... Castle , Hereford 28. Richmond , Yorks ; Rochester , Kent 29. Rockingham , Northants 30. Old Sarum , Wilts · 31 ... Castle ( from Ashmole's Order of the Garter ) 39. York Castle and Baile Hill ( from a plan by P. Chassereau , 1750 ) 40. Motte ...
... Castle , Hereford 28. Richmond , Yorks ; Rochester , Kent 29. Rockingham , Northants 30. Old Sarum , Wilts · 31 ... Castle ( from Ashmole's Order of the Garter ) 39. York Castle and Baile Hill ( from a plan by P. Chassereau , 1750 ) 40. Motte ...
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... motte , the Scotch and Irish mote , i.e. , the hillock of a castle , derived from the Norman - French word motte . As this word is by far the most convenient name to give to these hillocks , being the only specific name which they have ...
... motte , the Scotch and Irish mote , i.e. , the hillock of a castle , derived from the Norman - French word motte . As this word is by far the most convenient name to give to these hillocks , being the only specific name which they have ...
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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