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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... Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 . 4 Gairdner and Mullinger , Introduction to the Study of English History , 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural 81 ANGLO-SAXON FORTIFICATIONS CONTINUED.
... Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 . 4 Gairdner and Mullinger , Introduction to the Study of English History , 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural 81 ANGLO-SAXON FORTIFICATIONS CONTINUED.
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... Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox , " Chester Castle , " in Chester Hist . and Archæol . Soc . , ν . , 239 . 2 Cox , as above . See also Shrubsole , " The Age of the City Walls of Chester , " Arch . Journ ...
... Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox , " Chester Castle , " in Chester Hist . and Archæol . Soc . , ν . , 239 . 2 Cox , as above . See also Shrubsole , " The Age of the City Walls of Chester , " Arch . Journ ...
Page 71
... towers in connection with the great towns , which , whether they were originally mural towers or not , are evidently private strongholds , and may justly be called keeps . The earliest instance known to the writer is in 924 , when the tower ...
... towers in connection with the great towns , which , whether they were originally mural towers or not , are evidently private strongholds , and may justly be called keeps . The earliest instance known to the writer is in 924 , when the tower ...
Page 72
Ella S. Armitage. told that he restored the principal tower and made it into his ... tower was heightened by Charles , the last of the Carlovingians , and ... mural towers . The Pretorium was not originally fortified , and it was ...
Ella S. Armitage. told that he restored the principal tower and made it into his ... tower was heightened by Charles , the last of the Carlovingians , and ... mural towers . The Pretorium was not originally fortified , and it was ...
Page 91
... tower of any kind , and was used both for mural towers and for the movable wooden towers employed for sieges . At a much later period it was given to the wooden balconies by which walls were defended , but the writer has found no ...
... tower of any kind , and was used both for mural towers and for the movable wooden towers employed for sieges . At a much later period it was given to the wooden balconies by which walls were defended , but the writer has found no ...
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