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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... side that he was able to set fire to the wooden stockade.1 Modern historians talk of this fort as a castle , but all the older authorities call it a town ; nor is there any mention of a castle at Bamborough till the reign of William II ...
... side that he was able to set fire to the wooden stockade.1 Modern historians talk of this fort as a castle , but all the older authorities call it a town ; nor is there any mention of a castle at Bamborough till the reign of William II ...
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... sides of the river at Hertford , Buckingham , and Nottingham are counted as two , because the very precise indications given in the AngloSaxon Chronicle show that each burh was a separate construction . Worcester Chester · Bremesburh ...
... sides of the river at Hertford , Buckingham , and Nottingham are counted as two , because the very precise indications given in the AngloSaxon Chronicle show that each burh was a separate construction . Worcester Chester · Bremesburh ...
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... sides of the river , the whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the ...
... sides of the river , the whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the ...
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... side . " It should probably be sought within the frontier of Watling Street , which Ethelfleda does not appear to have yet crossed in 911 . " 8 BRIDGENORTH is undoubtedly the Bricge of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , as Florence of ...
... side . " It should probably be sought within the frontier of Watling Street , which Ethelfleda does not appear to have yet crossed in 911 . " 8 BRIDGENORTH is undoubtedly the Bricge of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , as Florence of ...
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... side of the river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern side , as the town is now . Stafford was a Domesday 1 " Arcem quam in occidentali Sabrinæ fluminis plaga , in loco qui Bricge ...
... side of the river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern side , as the town is now . Stafford was a Domesday 1 " Arcem quam in occidentali Sabrinæ fluminis plaga , in loco qui Bricge ...
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