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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... doubt on the same lofty insulated rock where the castle now stands ; for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up wood on the most ...
... doubt on the same lofty insulated rock where the castle now stands ; for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up wood on the most ...
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... doubt were closed at night . This enclosure may have been called a burh , and the innumer- able place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of ...
... doubt were closed at night . This enclosure may have been called a burh , and the innumer- able place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of ...
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... doubt that a burh was the same thing which in mediæval Latin is called a burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is lawfully descended from it . It would not have been necessary to spend so much time on the history ...
... doubt that a burh was the same thing which in mediæval Latin is called a burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is lawfully descended from it . It would not have been necessary to spend so much time on the history ...
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... doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the ...
... doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the ...
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... doubt of wood ) which was erected by Henry I. when he besieged the city . 2 Tamworth was an ancient city of the Mercian kings , and therefore may have been fortified before its walls were rebuilt by Ethelfleda . The line of the ancient ...
... doubt of wood ) which was erected by Henry I. when he besieged the city . 2 Tamworth was an ancient city of the Mercian kings , and therefore may have been fortified before its walls were rebuilt by Ethelfleda . The line of the ancient ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch Bamborough Bishop borough Brut building Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp castelli castellum castrum chapel charter church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Dover Earl of Chester early Norman earthen bank earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence Feet feudal fortifications Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign Hereford History houses Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomery motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural tower Norman castle Normandy Norwich Nottingham Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford quod rampart remains remarks risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman walls round Saxon says shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep Survey town trace turris Wales ward Welsh William wooden castle Worcester word writer York