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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... enclosed a wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally square . The base of the hillock is surrounded by a ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space ...
... enclosed a wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally square . The base of the hillock is surrounded by a ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space ...
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... enclosed with a hedge , and afterwards with a wall . Unfortun- ately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , though there is nothing improbable in ...
... enclosed with a hedge , and afterwards with a wall . Unfortun- ately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , though there is nothing improbable in ...
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... enclosed in a burh , the gates of which were locked by the etheling who had killed the king , and were defended until they were forced by the king's avengers . Here it seems to be doubtful whether the burh was a town or a private ...
... enclosed in a burh , the gates of which were locked by the etheling who had killed the king , and were defended until they were forced by the king's avengers . Here it seems to be doubtful whether the burh was a town or a private ...
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... enclosed in a stockade , and had gates which without 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 ...
... enclosed in a stockade , and had gates which without 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 ...
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... enclosed in an earthwork or stockade , was a very different thing from the castle of a Norman noble . A castle is built by a man who lives among enemies , who distrusts his nearest neighbours as much as any foe from a distance . The ...
... enclosed in an earthwork or stockade , was a very different thing from the castle of a Norman noble . A castle is built by a man who lives among enemies , who distrusts his nearest neighbours as much as any foe from a distance . The ...
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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