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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... Norman origin . The writer does not claim to have originated this theory . Dr Round was the first to attack ( in the Quarterly Review , 1894 ) the assertion of the late Mr G. T. Clark that the moated mound was a Saxon castle . Mr George ...
... Norman origin . The writer does not claim to have originated this theory . Dr Round was the first to attack ( in the Quarterly Review , 1894 ) the assertion of the late Mr G. T. Clark that the moated mound was a Saxon castle . Mr George ...
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Ella S. Armitage. THE EARLY NORMAN CASTLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY THE study of earthworks has been one of the most neglected subjects in English archæology until quite recent years . It may even be said that during ...
Ella S. Armitage. THE EARLY NORMAN CASTLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY THE study of earthworks has been one of the most neglected subjects in English archæology until quite recent years . It may even be said that during ...
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... first , but not infrequently they are wet , and sometimes vestiges of the arrangements for feeding them are still apparent . The hillock is not invariably artificial ; often it is a natural hill scarped into a conical shape ; sometimes ...
... first , but not infrequently they are wet , and sometimes vestiges of the arrangements for feeding them are still apparent . The hillock is not invariably artificial ; often it is a natural hill scarped into a conical shape ; sometimes ...
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... Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also ... Norman invader , both during the period of the Conquest and for a long time ... Early Fortifications in.
... Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also ... Norman invader , both during the period of the Conquest and for a long time ... Early Fortifications in.
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... Norman seems to have been free from any superstitious fear which might have hindered him from utilising the sepulchres of the dead for his personal defence ; or else he was unaware that they were burial - places . There are some very ...
... Norman seems to have been free from any superstitious fear which might have hindered him from utilising the sepulchres of the dead for his personal defence ; or else he was unaware that they were burial - places . There are some very ...
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