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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This classification may be abridged into ( a ) promontory or cliff forts , ( 6 ) hill forts , ( c ) rectangular forts , ( d ) moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads ...
This classification may be abridged into ( a ) promontory or cliff forts , ( 6 ) hill forts , ( c ) rectangular forts , ( d ) moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads ...
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The hillock carried a breastwork of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it must have been ...
The hillock carried a breastwork of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it must have been ...
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Sometimes the length of the ditch separating the hillock from the court is at a higher level than the main ditch . Often the ditches were evidently dry from the first , but not infrequently they are wet , and sometimes vestiges of the ...
Sometimes the length of the ditch separating the hillock from the court is at a higher level than the main ditch . Often the ditches were evidently dry from the first , but not infrequently they are wet , and sometimes vestiges of the ...
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For the hillock in the great majority of cases is so constructed as to be capable of complete isolation , and capable of defending itself , if necessary , against its own court . Thus it is probable that the force which followed this ...
For the hillock in the great majority of cases is so constructed as to be capable of complete isolation , and capable of defending itself , if necessary , against its own court . Thus it is probable that the force which followed this ...
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... the hill of the mote or motte ; but that moots or courts were held there , just because it had formerly been the ... the absence of a court attached is not sufficient evidence , as there are some mottes which stand alone , without ...
... the hill of the mote or motte ; but that moots or courts were held there , just because it had formerly been the ... the absence of a court attached is not sufficient evidence , as there are some mottes which stand alone , without ...
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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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