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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... moated mound was a Saxon castle . Mr George Neilson continued the same line of argument in his illuminating paper on " The Motes in Norman Scotland " ( Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . , 1898 ) .1 All that the writer claims is to have ...
... moated mound was a Saxon castle . Mr George Neilson continued the same line of argument in his illuminating paper on " The Motes in Norman Scotland " ( Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . , 1898 ) .1 All that the writer claims is to have ...
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... moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ...
... moated hillocks , ( e ) moated hillocks with courts attached , ( ƒ ) banks and ditches surrounding homesteads , ( g ) manorial works , ( h ) fortified villages . We venture to think that still further divisions are needed , to include ...
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... 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 ) . Let us look more closely into these earthworks in their perfect form , the class ...
... 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 ) . Let us look more closely into these earthworks in their perfect form , the class ...
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... moated mound - and - court type were the work of the AngloSaxons , the question resolves itself into another , namely , Did the Anglo - Saxons build castles ? As far as we know , they did not ; and although to prove a negative we can ...
... moated mound - and - court type were the work of the AngloSaxons , the question resolves itself into another , namely , Did the Anglo - Saxons build castles ? As far as we know , they did not ; and although to prove a negative we can ...
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... .-S. gloss as burh . 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 (
... .-S. gloss as burh . 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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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch B.
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