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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... square . The base of the hillock is surrounded by a ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on the top of the mount . It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount ...
... square . The base of the hillock is surrounded by a ditch . Below the hillock is a court , much larger than the small space enclosed on the top of the mount . It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount ...
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... square or oblong , with greatly rounded corners , or it may be oval , or semilunar , or triangular ; a very common form is the bean - shaped . The area covered by these fortifications is much more uniform ; one of the features ...
... square or oblong , with greatly rounded corners , or it may be oval , or semilunar , or triangular ; a very common form is the bean - shaped . The area covered by these fortifications is much more uniform ; one of the features ...
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... square with rounded corners . See Fig . 3 . 3 To complete our knowledge of Anglo - Saxon fortifi- cation , we ought to examine the places mentioned in Anglo - Saxon charters as royal seats , where possibly defensive works of some kind ...
... square with rounded corners . See Fig . 3 . 3 To complete our knowledge of Anglo - Saxon fortifi- cation , we ought to examine the places mentioned in Anglo - Saxon charters as royal seats , where possibly defensive works of some kind ...
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... square or oblong form , with rounded corners , we see the influence which Roman models exercised on eyes which still beheld them existing . We see that the main idea of the borough was the same as that of the prehistoric or British ...
... square or oblong form , with rounded corners , we see the influence which Roman models exercised on eyes which still beheld them existing . We see that the main idea of the borough was the same as that of the prehistoric or British ...
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... square with much - 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 ...
... square with much - 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 ...
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