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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Page 252
... Gwynedd or North Wales , Powys or Mid - Wales , and Deheubarth , all almost incessantly at war with each WALES AND THE SAXONS 253 as other.1 Other subdivisions asserted. 1 Pennant's Tour in Wales , Rhys ' edition , ii . , 234 . 2 Ancient ...
... Gwynedd or North Wales , Powys or Mid - Wales , and Deheubarth , all almost incessantly at war with each WALES AND THE SAXONS 253 as other.1 Other subdivisions asserted. 1 Pennant's Tour in Wales , Rhys ' edition , ii . , 234 . 2 Ancient ...
Page 256
... Gwynedd and Powys . Gwynedd covered the present shires of Anglesea , Carnarvon , and Merioneth , and the mountainous districts round Snowdon.1 Powys stretched from the estuary of the Dee to the upper course of the Wye , and roughly ...
... Gwynedd and Powys . Gwynedd covered the present shires of Anglesea , Carnarvon , and Merioneth , and the mountainous districts round Snowdon.1 Powys stretched from the estuary of the Dee to the upper course of the Wye , and roughly ...
Page 257
... Gwynedd , from which the rightful ruler , Griffith ap Cynan , had been driven as an exile to Ireland . It does not appear that there was any fortification at RHUDDLAN before the " castle newly erected " by 1 " Wales and the Coming of ...
... Gwynedd , from which the rightful ruler , Griffith ap Cynan , had been driven as an exile to Ireland . It does not appear that there was any fortification at RHUDDLAN before the " castle newly erected " by 1 " Wales and the Coming of ...
Page 259
... Gwynedd . The two conical hills which rise here offer an excellent site for fortification , one of them being large enough on top for a consider- able camp . The Norman Conqueror treated them as two mottes , and connected them by walls ...
... Gwynedd . The two conical hills which rise here offer an excellent site for fortification , one of them being large enough on top for a consider- able camp . The Norman Conqueror treated them as two mottes , and connected them by walls ...
Page 260
... Gwynedd in 1147 was one of the sweetest triumphs that the Welsh ever won . " It is clear from the Life of Griffith ap Cynan3 that the Earl of Chester had conquered and incastellated Gwynedd before the accession of William Rufus . This ...
... Gwynedd in 1147 was one of the sweetest triumphs that the Welsh ever won . " It is clear from the Life of Griffith ap Cynan3 that the Earl of Chester had conquered and incastellated Gwynedd before the accession of William Rufus . This ...
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