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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... stockade of timber , and the representations in the Bayeux Tapestry would lead us to think that it always enclosed a wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally square . The base of ...
... stockade of timber , and the representations in the Bayeux Tapestry would lead us to think that it always enclosed a wooden tower . As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally square . The base of ...
Page 18
... stockade , and had gates which without doubt were closed at night . This enclosure may have been called a burh , and the innumer- able place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing ...
... stockade , and had gates which without doubt were closed at night . This enclosure may have been called a burh , and the innumer- able place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing ...
Page 24
... stockade , was a very different thing from the castle of a Norman noble . A castle is built by a man who lives among enemies , who distrusts his nearest neighbours as much as any foe from a distance . The Anglo - Saxon noble had no ...
... stockade , was a very different thing from the castle of a Norman noble . A castle is built by a man who lives among enemies , who distrusts his nearest neighbours as much as any foe from a distance . The Anglo - Saxon noble had no ...
Page 87
... stockade round the top of the motte , enclosing a wooden tower , a ditch round the foot of the motte , with a bank on the counterscarp , and a stepped wooden bridge , up which horses were evidently trained to climb , leading across the ...
... stockade round the top of the motte , enclosing a wooden tower , a ditch round the foot of the motte , with a bank on the counterscarp , and a stepped wooden bridge , up which horses were evidently trained to climb , leading across the ...
Page 111
... stockade of the first castle . The great tower of Earl Robert appears to have been placed on the motte , which must have been of considerable size , as it held not only the keep , but a courtyard , a chapel ,. 1 We have no historical ...
... stockade of the first castle . The great tower of Earl Robert appears to have been placed on the motte , which must have been of considerable size , as it held not only the keep , but a courtyard , a chapel ,. 1 We have no historical ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch Bamborough Bishop borough Brut building Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp castelli castellum castrum chapel charter church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Dover Earl of Chester early Norman earthen bank earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence Feet feudal fortifications Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign Hereford History houses Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomery motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural tower Norman castle Normandy Norwich Nottingham Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford quod rampart remains remarks risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman walls round Saxon says shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep Survey town trace turris Wales ward Welsh William wooden castle Worcester word writer York