The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome 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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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 Neilson continued the same line of argument in his illuminating paper on ...
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 Neilson continued the same line of argument in his illuminating paper on ...
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This classification may be abridged into ( a ) promontory or cliff forts , ( 6 ) hill forts , ( c ) rectangular forts , ( d ) moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads ...
This classification may be abridged into ( a ) promontory or cliff forts , ( 6 ) hill forts , ( c ) rectangular forts , ( d ) moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads ...
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Our business is with classes ( d ) and ( e ) of Mr Gould's list , that is , with the moated hillocks . We shall only treat of the other classes to the extent which is necessary to bring out the special character of classes ( d ) and ( e ) ...
Our business is with classes ( d ) and ( e ) of Mr Gould's list , that is , with the moated hillocks . We shall only treat of the other classes to the extent which is necessary to bring out the special character of classes ( d ) and ( e ) ...
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CHAPTER II ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS We have pointed out in the preceding chapter that when it is asked whether the earthworks of the moated mound - and - court type were the work of the AngloSaxons , the question resolves itself ...
CHAPTER II ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS We have pointed out in the preceding chapter that when it is asked whether the earthworks of the moated mound - and - court type were the work of the AngloSaxons , the question resolves itself ...
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See Fig . 2 . 5 Florence translates burh as urbs nineteen times , as arr four times , as murum once , as munitio once , as civitas once . Medieval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class (
See Fig . 2 . 5 Florence translates burh as urbs nineteen times , as arr four times , as murum once , as munitio once , as civitas once . Medieval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class (
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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