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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... acres was not constructed for the same purpose as one which only contains an area of three . We are not concerned here , however , with the attempt to disentangle the dates of the various classes of. 1 In the paper on Earthworks in the ...
... acres was not constructed for the same purpose as one which only contains an area of three . We are not concerned here , however , with the attempt to disentangle the dates of the various classes of. 1 In the paper on Earthworks in the ...
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... acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than one and a half . * Now this type of fort will tell us a good deal about 1 See ...
... acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than one and a half . * Now this type of fort will tell us a good deal about 1 See ...
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... acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the principal feature of class ( e ) . It is clear , in the third place , that the man who threw up earthworks of this latter class was not only suspicious ...
... acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the principal feature of class ( e ) . It is clear , in the third place , that the man who threw up earthworks of this latter class was not only suspicious ...
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... acres , a site large enough for a city of Ida's day . The church of St Peter was placed on the highest point . The castle which was built there in Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site ...
... acres , a site large enough for a city of Ida's day . The church of St Peter was placed on the highest point . The castle which was built there in Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site ...
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... acres ) it is more probable that the outer enclosure was for cattle , than that the inner one was designed solely for the protection of the king and his court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the ...
... acres ) it is more probable that the outer enclosure was for cattle , than that the inner one was designed solely for the protection of the king and his court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the ...
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