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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... feet high . The hillock carried a breastwork of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it ...
... feet high . The hillock carried a breastwork of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it ...
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Ella S. Armitage. 0 100 200 FEET . Scale for Plan . 200 FEET . Keep . FIG . 1. TYPICAL MOTTE - CASTLES . 90 MAIN FEATURES OF CLASS E 5 of course had. N. מן 100 Scale for Section . 100 200 FEET . Scale for Plan . TOPCLIFFE , YORKS . Church ...
Ella S. Armitage. 0 100 200 FEET . Scale for Plan . 200 FEET . Keep . FIG . 1. TYPICAL MOTTE - CASTLES . 90 MAIN FEATURES OF CLASS E 5 of course had. N. מן 100 Scale for Section . 100 200 FEET . Scale for Plan . TOPCLIFFE , YORKS . Church ...
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... Feet . RIVER 1000 TRENT . ***** Church Bailey . IVER RIVER FIG . 3 . THAMES 500 Feet . Church . +2 m ← FROME [ To face p . 28 . Garden 90 W O 100 Feet . Rive 200 88.
... Feet . RIVER 1000 TRENT . ***** Church Bailey . IVER RIVER FIG . 3 . THAMES 500 Feet . Church . +2 m ← FROME [ To face p . 28 . Garden 90 W O 100 Feet . Rive 200 88.
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... 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 side of the ...
... 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 side of the ...
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... feet below the crest ; the rock on the inner side of this ditch has been cut back to a nearly vertical face , while on the outer bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur . There are traces of ...
... feet below the crest ; the rock on the inner side of this ditch has been cut back to a nearly vertical face , while on the outer bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur . There are traces of ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch B.
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M. bank borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthen earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign History houses Journ king land manor masonry mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer