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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In all their boroughs , except Bakewell , the purpose of defending the great Roman roads and the main waterways is very apparent . Our list is very far from being a complete list of all the Anglo - Saxon boroughs existing in Edward's ...
In all their boroughs , except Bakewell , the purpose of defending the great Roman roads and the main waterways is very apparent . Our list is very far from being a complete list of all the Anglo - Saxon boroughs existing in Edward's ...
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Here the top of a small hill has been encircled with a ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive work , and it is remote from any Roman road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified .
Here the top of a small hill has been encircled with a ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive work , and it is remote from any Roman road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified .
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The burh stands at the top of a hill , commanding the junction of two great Roman roads , the Watling Street from Chester to Manchester , and the branch which it sends forth to Kinderton on the east . As a very misleading plan of this ...
The burh stands at the top of a hill , commanding the junction of two great Roman roads , the Watling Street from Chester to Manchester , and the branch which it sends forth to Kinderton on the east . As a very misleading plan of this ...
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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 in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry ...
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 in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry ...
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... and about three miles from Watling Street ; like Eddisbury , it is near the junction of two Roman roads . ... which is commonly proposed , but which does not lie on any Roman road , and is not on Ethelfleda's line of advance ...
... and about three miles from Watling Street ; like Eddisbury , it is near the junction of two Roman roads . ... which is commonly proposed , but which does not lie on any Roman road , and is not on Ethelfleda's line of advance ...
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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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