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 xviii
... 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 CLASSIFICATION OF EARTHWORKS 3 drew up the classification of earthworks INTRODUCTORY.
... 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 CLASSIFICATION OF EARTHWORKS 3 drew up the classification of earthworks INTRODUCTORY.
Page 9
... ancient burial is not decided by the account , " Notes on Clifford's Tower , " by the above authors . Trans . York . Philosoph . Soc . , 1902. Another instance is recorded in the Revue Archæologique , to which we have unfortunately lost ...
... ancient burial is not decided by the account , " Notes on Clifford's Tower , " by the above authors . Trans . York . Philosoph . Soc . , 1902. Another instance is recorded in the Revue Archæologique , to which we have unfortunately lost ...
Page 18
... ancient camp or of an exceptionally dense population . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 184 . Schmid , Gesetze der Angelsachsen , pp . 176 , 214 , 372. It is not absolutely certain that the burh in these three cases does not mean a town ...
... ancient camp or of an exceptionally dense population . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 184 . Schmid , Gesetze der Angelsachsen , pp . 176 , 214 , 372. It is not absolutely certain that the burh in these three cases does not mean a town ...
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... ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French : " munitiones quas Galli castella nuncupant . " The castles which were now introduced into England seem to have been new inventions in ...
... ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French : " munitiones quas Galli castella nuncupant . " The castles which were now introduced into England seem to have been new inventions in ...
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... ancient site . No motte and no Norman castle . 27 Out of this list of the burhs of Ethelfleda and Edward , thirteen are mentioned as boroughs in Domesday Book ; and as we ought to subtract five from the list as unidentified , and also ...
... ancient site . No motte and no Norman castle . 27 Out of this list of the burhs of Ethelfleda and Edward , thirteen are mentioned as boroughs in Domesday Book ; and as we ought to subtract five from the list as unidentified , and also ...
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