The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally square . The base of the hillock is surrounded by a ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on ...
... wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally square . The base of the hillock is surrounded by a ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on ...
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... the bailey banks for an entrance . They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . itself if we examine it carefully . In the first.
... the bailey banks for an entrance . They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . itself if we examine it carefully . In the first.
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... wooden stockade.1 Modern historians talk of this fort as a castle , but all the older authorities call it a town ; nor is there any mention of a castle at Bamborough till the reign of William II . The area of the basaltic headland of ...
... wooden stockade.1 Modern historians talk of this fort as a castle , but all the older authorities call it a town ; nor is there any mention of a castle at Bamborough till the reign of William II . The area of the basaltic headland of ...
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... wooden castle . MALDON . Only one angle of the earthen bank of Edward's borough remains now , but Gough states that it was an oblong camp enclosing about 22 acres.1 It had rounded corners and a very wide ditch , with a bank on both ...
... wooden castle . MALDON . Only one angle of the earthen bank of Edward's borough remains now , but Gough states that it was an oblong camp enclosing about 22 acres.1 It had rounded corners and a very wide ditch , with a bank on both ...
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... wooden stage across the marshes of the Leen . It is not sur- prising that the frequent floods of the Trent have carried away all trace of this second borough . The important position of Nottingham was maintained in subsequent times ...
... wooden stage across the marshes of the Leen . It is not sur- prising that the frequent floods of the Trent have carried away all trace of this second borough . The important position of Nottingham was maintained in subsequent times ...
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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