The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJohn Murray, 1912 - 408 pages Some portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different. |
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... England which will be found in Chapter VII . , and which was originally published in the English Historical Review ( vol . xix . , 1904 ) . It has , however , been enlarged by the inclusion of five fresh castles , and by notes upon ...
... England which will be found in Chapter VII . , and which was originally published in the English Historical Review ( vol . xix . , 1904 ) . It has , however , been enlarged by the inclusion of five fresh castles , and by notes upon ...
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... England is their comparatively small size . We know of only one ( Skipsea ) in which the bailey covers as much as eight acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed ...
... England is their comparatively small size . We know of only one ( Skipsea ) in which the bailey covers as much as eight acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed ...
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... England , as well as in Wales and in the Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also that small forts of this kind , easily and cheaply constructed , and ...
... England , as well as in Wales and in the Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also that small forts of this kind , easily and cheaply constructed , and ...
Page 12
... the Danish wars , shows that there were town walls to be kept up even at that date . See Baldwin Brown , The Arts in Early England , i . , 82 . 1 See Wright , History of Domestic Manners , p 12 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... the Danish wars , shows that there were town walls to be kept up even at that date . See Baldwin Brown , The Arts in Early England , i . , 82 . 1 See Wright , History of Domestic Manners , p 12 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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... England that Alfred and his descendants saved England from the Danes . Thus far we have seen that all the fortifications which we know to have been built by the Anglo - Saxons were the fortifications of society and not of the individual ...
... England that Alfred and his descendants saved England from the Danes . Thus far we have seen that all the fortifications which we know to have been built by the Anglo - Saxons were the fortifications of society and not of the individual ...
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