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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... 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 crowned by a stockade of timber , and the ...
... 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 crowned by a stockade of timber , and the ...
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... round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ... rounded corners , or it may be oval , or semilunar , or triangular ; a very common form is the bean - shaped . The ...
... round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ... rounded corners , or it may be oval , or semilunar , or triangular ; a very common form is the bean - shaped . The ...
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... rounded corners . 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 ...
... rounded corners . 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 ...
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... Military Architecture , i . , 18. See Mr Round's remarks on Mr Clark's vagueness in his " Castles of the Conquest , " Archæologia , 1902 . NOTTINGHAM , ROCHESTER , MILTON 49 a work , or 48 CHAPTER IV DANISH FORTIFICATIONS.
... Military Architecture , i . , 18. See Mr Round's remarks on Mr Clark's vagueness in his " Castles of the Conquest , " Archæologia , 1902 . NOTTINGHAM , ROCHESTER , MILTON 49 a work , or 48 CHAPTER IV DANISH FORTIFICATIONS.
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... round them- selves , " and it is clear from the rest of his description that the camp had no citadel . " In no case do we find anything to justify the theory that mottes were an accompaniment of Danish camps . In five cases out of the ...
... round them- selves , " and it is clear from the rest of his description that the camp had no citadel . " In no case do we find anything to justify the theory that mottes were an accompaniment of Danish camps . In five cases out of the ...
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