The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... Walls of Chester , " Arch . Journ . , xliv . , 1887. The present wall , which includes the castle , is an extension probably not earlier than James I.'s reign . BREMESBYRIG , SCERGEAT , BRIDGENORTH 33 Werburgh about 1152 , 32 ANGLO ...
... Walls of Chester , " Arch . Journ . , xliv . , 1887. The present wall , which includes the castle , is an extension probably not earlier than James I.'s reign . BREMESBYRIG , SCERGEAT , BRIDGENORTH 33 Werburgh about 1152 , 32 ANGLO ...
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... walls were rebuilt by Ethelfleda . The line of the ancient town - wall can still be traced in parts , though it is rapidly disappearing . Dugdale says the town ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday ...
... walls were rebuilt by Ethelfleda . The line of the ancient town - wall can still be traced in parts , though it is rapidly disappearing . Dugdale says the town ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday ...
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... wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old enclosure , does not ... walls . built in Edward I.'s reign ; and it is probable that it did not include the site of the castle , as Domesday ...
... wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old enclosure , does not ... walls . built in Edward I.'s reign ; and it is probable that it did not include the site of the castle , as Domesday ...
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... wall . " Towcester lies on Watling Street , and is believed to have been the Roman station of Lactodorum . Baker gives a plan of the remains existing in his time , which may either be those of the Roman castrum or of Edward's borough ...
... wall . " Towcester lies on Watling Street , and is believed to have been the Roman station of Lactodorum . Baker gives a plan of the remains existing in his time , which may either be those of the Roman castrum or of Edward's borough ...
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... wall composed of the trunks of trees . This was another attempt to defend the course of the Mersey , which was once ... walls were still remaining in Stukeley's time , about 1700 , and some fragments have recently been unearthed by the ...
... wall composed of the trunks of trees . This was another attempt to defend the course of the Mersey , which was once ... walls were still remaining in Stukeley's time , about 1700 , and some fragments have recently been unearthed by the ...
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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