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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... enclosures clearly non - military , intended to protect sheep and cattle from wolves , or to aid in the capture of wild animals.1 This classification , it will be observed , makes no attempt to decide the dates of the different types of ...
... enclosures clearly non - military , intended to protect sheep and cattle from wolves , or to aid in the capture of wild animals.1 This classification , it will be observed , makes no attempt to decide the dates of the different types of ...
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... enclosures which he thinks were intended for the residence of the chief ; but he calls attention to the great difference between these camps and the class we are now considering , in that the inner enclosure is of much greater size . It ...
... enclosures which he thinks were intended for the residence of the chief ; but he calls attention to the great difference between these camps and the class we are now considering , in that the inner enclosure is of much greater size . It ...
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... enclosures of considerable size ( 6 acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the principal feature of class ( e ) . It is clear , in the third place , that the man who threw up earthworks of this ...
... enclosures of considerable size ( 6 acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the principal feature of class ( e ) . It is clear , in the third place , that the man who threw up earthworks of this ...
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... enclosure resembling a stable - yard of modern times . The description of the storming of York by the Danes in 867 shows that the Roman walls of that city were still preserved . These passages are the solitary instances of ...
... enclosure resembling a stable - yard of modern times . The description of the storming of York by the Danes in 867 shows that the Roman walls of that city were still preserved . These passages are the solitary instances of ...
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... enclosure , the word was naturally applied by the Anglo- Saxons to the prehistoric and British " camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round ...
... enclosure , the word was naturally applied by the Anglo- Saxons to the prehistoric and British " camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round ...
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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