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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Page 28
... 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 day . In the document known as the " Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different ...
... 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 day . In the document known as the " Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different ...
Page 33
... road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified . Mr Kerslake argued with some probability that Shrewsbury is the place ; but the etymological considerations are adverse , and it is more likely that such an important ...
... road or navigable river . SCERGEAT has not yet been identified . Mr Kerslake argued with some probability that Shrewsbury is the place ; but the etymological considerations are adverse , and it is more likely that such an important ...
Page 35
... 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 work has been published in the Journal of the British Archæological Association for ...
... 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 work has been published in the Journal of the British Archæological Association for ...
Page 36
... 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 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the ...
... 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 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the ...
Page 37
... roads . There are remains of banks and ditches below the church . Dugdale says " there are certain apparent tokens that ... road , and is not on Ethelfleda's line of advance ; nor are there any earthworks there . 37 3 WEARDBYRIG has not ...
... roads . There are remains of banks and ditches below the church . Dugdale says " there are certain apparent tokens that ... road , and is not on Ethelfleda's line of advance ; nor are there any earthworks there . 37 3 WEARDBYRIG has not ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch B.
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