The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome 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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The court is defended by earthen banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks It 1 Scale for Section . TOPCLIFFE , YORKS . ANSTEY. i Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earthwork of ...
The court is defended by earthen banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks It 1 Scale for Section . TOPCLIFFE , YORKS . ANSTEY. i Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earthwork of ...
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4 In some of these castles there is no gap in the bailey 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 .
4 In some of these castles there is no gap in the bailey 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 .
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Both these fortifications . are after the Roman pattern , the earthen banks forming a square with rounded corners . ... Bensington in Oxfordshire , where about a hundred years ago “ a bank and trench , which seem to have been of a ...
Both these fortifications . are after the Roman pattern , the earthen banks forming a square with rounded corners . ... Bensington in Oxfordshire , where about a hundred years ago “ a bank and trench , which seem to have been of a ...
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The remains of an original entrance ( shown in Ormerod's Cheshire ) are visible in the middle of the N.W. side , beyond which the ditch and outer bank have been partially levelled by the encroachments of the farm buildings .
The remains of an original entrance ( shown in Ormerod's Cheshire ) are visible in the middle of the N.W. side , beyond which the ditch and outer bank have been partially levelled by the encroachments of the farm buildings .
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There are traces of another wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old enclosure , does not appear to have been strengthened by a cross ditch or bank . “ It may be noted that this ...
There are traces of another wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old enclosure , does not appear to have been strengthened by a cross ditch or bank . “ It may be noted that this ...
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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