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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... Motes in Norman Scotland " ( Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . , 1898 ) .1 All that the writer claims is to have carried the contention a stage further , and to have shown that the private castle did not exist at all in Britain until it ...
... Motes in Norman Scotland " ( Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . , 1898 ) .1 All that the writer claims is to have carried the contention a stage further , and to have shown that the private castle did not exist at all in Britain until it ...
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... Motes in Norman Scotland " ( to which we shall often have occasion to refer hereafter ) , shows that 1 Primitive Folkmoots . See Appendix A. Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 13. He adds an instance showing that Moot Hill is ...
... Motes in Norman Scotland " ( to which we shall often have occasion to refer hereafter ) , shows that 1 Primitive Folkmoots . See Appendix A. Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 13. He adds an instance showing that Moot Hill is ...
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... mote - hill , the hill of the mote or motte ; but that moots or courts were held there , just because it had formerly been the site of a castle , and consequently a seat of jurisdiction . ' That some of these hillocks have anciently ...
... mote - hill , the hill of the mote or motte ; but that moots or courts were held there , just because it had formerly been the site of a castle , and consequently a seat of jurisdiction . ' That some of these hillocks have anciently ...
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... mote et fossæ valent nihil . " ( Whitaker's History of Whalley , p . 280. ) This is probably an instance of the word motte being applied to a natural rock CLITHEROE 131 but a stout wall of limestone rubble without 130 CASTLES OF THE ...
... mote et fossæ valent nihil . " ( Whitaker's History of Whalley , p . 280. ) This is probably an instance of the word motte being applied to a natural rock CLITHEROE 131 but a stout wall of limestone rubble without 130 CASTLES OF THE ...
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... mote castri Salopp ' ad valenciam 60 marcarum , sed non recolligunt totum evenisse propter molendinum abbatis Salopp ' , quia 30 annis elapsis mota castri fuit fere deteriorata sicut nunc est . " Hundred Rolls , ii . , 80. " Dicunt quod ...
... mote castri Salopp ' ad valenciam 60 marcarum , sed non recolligunt totum evenisse propter molendinum abbatis Salopp ' , quia 30 annis elapsis mota castri fuit fere deteriorata sicut nunc est . " Hundred Rolls , ii . , 80. " Dicunt quod ...
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