The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... 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 must have been crowned by a stockade of timber , and the ...
... 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 must have been crowned by a stockade of timber , and the ...
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... round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ... rounded corners , or it may be oval , or semilunar , or triangular ; a very common form is the bean - shaped . The ...
... round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ... rounded corners , or it may be oval , or semilunar , or triangular ; a very common form is the bean - shaped . The ...
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... rounded corners . The ditch round the outer work was 30 feet wide ; the inner work was not ditched . The area enclosed by the outer bank was 261 acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9 ...
... rounded corners . The ditch round the outer work was 30 feet wide ; the inner work was not ditched . The area enclosed by the outer bank was 261 acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9 ...
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... round the Norman castle , about a mile from the Roman castrum.2 BAKEWELL . - The vagueness of the indication in the Chronicle , " nigh to Bakewell , " leaves us in some doubt where we are to look for this burh , which Florence calls an ...
... round the Norman castle , about a mile from the Roman castrum.2 BAKEWELL . - The vagueness of the indication in the Chronicle , " nigh to Bakewell , " leaves us in some doubt where we are to look for this burh , which Florence calls an ...
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... round the Bishop of London's palace , which is sometimes supposed to be the camp made by the Danes in 879 ; but it may equally well be mediæval . There was formerly a harbour at Fulham . * It must be confessed that this list of Danish ...
... round the Bishop of London's palace , which is sometimes supposed to be the camp made by the Danes in 879 ; but it may equally well be mediæval . There was formerly a harbour at Fulham . * It must be confessed that this list of Danish ...
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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