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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... banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ( 1 ) boundary earthworks ; ( 2 ) sepulchral or religious circles or ...
... banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ( 1 ) boundary earthworks ; ( 2 ) sepulchral or religious circles or ...
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... banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earthwork of England has furnished an admirable text - book of this subject . 2 See Frontispiece . 0 ...
... banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earthwork of England has furnished an admirable text - book of this subject . 2 See Frontispiece . 0 ...
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... banks for an entrance . They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . itself if we examine it carefully . In the first.
... banks for an entrance . They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . itself if we examine it carefully . In the first.
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... banks of the river Lea.1 William of Malmesbury tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis ...
... banks of the river Lea.1 William of Malmesbury tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis ...
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... banks forming a square with rounded corners . See Fig . 3 . 3 To complete our knowledge of Anglo - Saxon fortification ... bank and trench , which seem to have been of a square form , " were to be seen.1 In the following chapter we shall ...
... banks forming a square with rounded corners . See Fig . 3 . 3 To complete our knowledge of Anglo - Saxon fortification ... bank and trench , which seem to have been of a square form , " were to be seen.1 In the following chapter we shall ...
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