The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page viii
... writer contends that it only appears after the establishment of the feudal system . The favourable reception given by archæologists to the paper read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and ...
... writer contends that it only appears after the establishment of the feudal system . The favourable reception given by archæologists to the paper read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and ...
Page ix
... writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only to a right ascrip- tion of British castle - mounds , and of the stone castles built upon many of them , but may also furnish material to the ...
... writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only to a right ascrip- tion of British castle - mounds , and of the stone castles built upon many of them , but may also furnish material to the ...
Page x
... writers have not even an idea of the preliminary studies without which their work has no value at all . It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the 10th century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may ...
... writers have not even an idea of the preliminary studies without which their work has no value at all . It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the 10th century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may ...
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... writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of Yerth cast up like the Dungeon of sum olde Castelle , " which he saw in his ...
... writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of Yerth cast up like the Dungeon of sum olde Castelle , " which he saw in his ...
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... writers , such as Dr Guest's theory of the " Belgic ditches " of Wiltshire . A further important step in the study of earthworks was taken by the late Mr I. Chalkley Gould , when he founded the Committee for Ancient Earthworks , and ...
... writers , such as Dr Guest's theory of the " Belgic ditches " of Wiltshire . A further important step in the study of earthworks was taken by the late Mr I. Chalkley Gould , when he founded the Committee for Ancient Earthworks , and ...
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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