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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The hillock carried a breastwork of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it must have been ...
The hillock carried a breastwork of earth round the top , which in many cases is still preserved ; this breastwork enclosed a small court , sometimes only 30 feet in diameter , in rare cases as large as half an acre ; it must have been ...
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The ditch is not invariably carried all round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ditch separating the hillock from the court is at a higher level than the main ...
The ditch is not invariably carried all round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ditch separating the hillock from the court is at a higher level than the main ...
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The ditch round the outer work was 30 feet wide ; the inner work was not ditched . The area enclosed by the outer bank was 26 acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9acres .
The ditch round the outer work was 30 feet wide ; the inner work was not ditched . The area enclosed by the outer bank was 26 acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9acres .
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... or for such a period of time that we may infer that there was some fortification to protect them . The word used for the fortification is generally geweorc , 1 Medieval Military Architecture , i . , 18. See Mr Round's ...
... or for such a period of time that we may infer that there was some fortification to protect them . The word used for the fortification is generally geweorc , 1 Medieval Military Architecture , i . , 18. See Mr Round's ...
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... there was no citadel to attack.1 Dudo speaks of the Vikings " fortifying themselves , after the manner of a castrum , by heaped up earth - banks drawn round themselves , " and it is clear from the rest of his description that the ...
... there was no citadel to attack.1 Dudo speaks of the Vikings " fortifying themselves , after the manner of a castrum , by heaped up earth - banks drawn round themselves , " and it is clear from the rest of his description that the ...
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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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