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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... ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on the top of the mount . It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount , and thus encloses the whole fortification . The ...
... ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on the top of the mount . It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount , and thus encloses the whole fortification . The ...
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... 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 arrangements for feeding them ...
... 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 arrangements for feeding them ...
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... ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive work , and it is remote from any Roman road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified . Mr Kerslake argued with some probability that Shrewsbury is ...
... ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive work , and it is remote from any Roman road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified . Mr Kerslake argued with some probability that Shrewsbury is ...
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... ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday . STAFFORD has a motte on which stood a Norman castle ; but this is not mentioned in the table , because it stands a mile and a half from the town on the southern ...
... ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday . STAFFORD has a motte on which stood a Norman castle ; but this is not mentioned in the table , because it stands a mile and a half from the town on the southern ...
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... ditch and a high outer bank , the proportions of these varying according to the slope of the hill . There are slight remains of a light inner rampart along the western half of this side . The remains of an original entrance ( shown in ...
... ditch and a high outer bank , the proportions of these varying according to the slope of the hill . There are slight remains of a light inner rampart along the western half of this side . The remains of an original entrance ( shown in ...
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