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 12
... certainly regarded as such , and was large enough to protect a considerable body of invaders . Strange to say , this is the only record which we have of any fortress - building by the invading Saxons . Until we come to the time of ...
... certainly regarded as such , and was large enough to protect a considerable body of invaders . Strange to say , this is the only record which we have of any fortress - building by the invading Saxons . Until we come to the time of ...
Page 23
... certainly have used it in 1051 . And as the Norman favourites of Edward the Confessor had already begun to build castles in England , we can imagine no reason why Godwin did not do the same , except that such a step was impossible to a ...
... certainly have used it in 1051 . And as the Norman favourites of Edward the Confessor had already begun to build castles in England , we can imagine no reason why Godwin did not do the same , except that such a step was impossible to a ...
Page 36
... certainly to the Edwardian period of the masonry buildings . " WARWICK Castle has a motte which has been confidently attributed to Ethelfleda , only because Dugdale copied the assertion of Thomas Rous , a very imaginative writer of the ...
... certainly to the Edwardian period of the masonry buildings . " WARWICK Castle has a motte which has been confidently attributed to Ethelfleda , only because Dugdale copied the assertion of Thomas Rous , a very imaginative writer of the ...
Page 38
... certainly have expected to find it within . As the Norman earls of Chester established a ferry at Runcorn in the 12th century , and as a castle at Runcorn is spoken of in a mediæval document , it seems not impossible that there may have ...
... certainly have expected to find it within . As the Norman earls of Chester established a ferry at Runcorn in the 12th century , and as a castle at Runcorn is spoken of in a mediæval document , it seems not impossible that there may have ...
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... certainly have enclosed the church ; for though the present church contains no Saxon architecture , the ancient cross in the graveyard shows that it stands on a Saxon site . It is more reasonable to suppose that Edward's borough , if it ...
... certainly have enclosed the church ; for though the present church contains no Saxon architecture , the ancient cross in the graveyard shows that it stands on a Saxon site . It is more reasonable to suppose that Edward's borough , if it ...
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