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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... house were pleased when they were told that the mounds at Tamworth , Warwick , and elsewhere were the work of Ethelfleda , and that other mounds were the work of Edward the Elder . It did not occur to them that they were doing a great ...
... house were pleased when they were told that the mounds at Tamworth , Warwick , and elsewhere were the work of Ethelfleda , and that other mounds were the work of Edward the Elder . It did not occur to them that they were doing a great ...
Page 36
... houses were destroyed when the castle was built . The borough was doubtless erected to protect the Roman road from Bath to Lincoln , the Foss Way , which passes near it . Domesday Book , after mentioning that the king's barons have 112 ...
... houses were destroyed when the castle was built . The borough was doubtless erected to protect the Roman road from Bath to Lincoln , the Foss Way , which passes near it . Domesday Book , after mentioning that the king's barons have 112 ...
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... houses in the towns . 2 CYRICBYRIG . - About this place we adopt the conjec- ture of Dugdale , who identified it with Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire , not far from the borders of Leicester- shire , and therefore on the edge of ...
... houses in the towns . 2 CYRICBYRIG . - About this place we adopt the conjec- ture of Dugdale , who identified it with Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire , not far from the borders of Leicester- shire , and therefore on the edge of ...
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... . 3 Beaumont's Records of the Honour of Halton . In 1368 , John Hank received the surrender of a house near to the castle in Runcorn . 1 HERTFORD AND WITHAM 39 constantly find such small fortifications placed 38 ANGLO - SAXON ...
... . 3 Beaumont's Records of the Honour of Halton . In 1368 , John Hank received the surrender of a house near to the castle in Runcorn . 1 HERTFORD AND WITHAM 39 constantly find such small fortifications placed 38 ANGLO - SAXON ...
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... houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house without a Norseman . Herr Steenstrup does not go so far as to assert that this system of quartering obtained in England also ; but he shows that it is probable ...
... houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house without a Norseman . Herr Steenstrup does not go so far as to assert that this system of quartering obtained in England also ; but he shows that it is probable ...
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