The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... tell us a good deal about 1 See Fig . I. 2 For instance , at Berkeley , Ewias Harold , Yelden , and Tomen y Roddwy . 3 As at Rayleigh and Downpatrick . 4 In some of these castles there is no gap in the bailey banks for an entrance ...
... tell us a good deal about 1 See Fig . I. 2 For instance , at Berkeley , Ewias Harold , Yelden , and Tomen y Roddwy . 3 As at Rayleigh and Downpatrick . 4 In some of these castles there is no gap in the bailey banks for an entrance ...
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... tells us that in 547 Ida began to reign in Northumberland , and adds that he built " Bebbanburh , " which was first enclosed with a hedge , and afterwards with a wall . Unfortun- ately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation ...
... tells us that in 547 Ida began to reign in Northumberland , and adds that he built " Bebbanburh , " which was first enclosed with a hedge , and afterwards with a wall . Unfortun- ately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation ...
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... tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis Alfredus rex fecit hanc urbem , DCCCLXXX ...
... tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis Alfredus rex fecit hanc urbem , DCCCLXXX ...
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... tells us that one of the duties of the geneat was to build for his lord , and to hedge his burh . * But it is absolutely clear that even in these cases a burh was an enclosure and not a tump ; and it is equally clear from the general ...
... tells us that one of the duties of the geneat was to build for his lord , and to hedge his burh . * But it is absolutely clear that even in these cases a burh was an enclosure and not a tump ; and it is equally clear from the general ...
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... tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this time forth we constantly find the men of the boroughs doing good service against the Danes . It was by ...
... tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this time forth we constantly find the men of the boroughs doing good service against the Danes . It was by ...
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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