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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... castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found ... stone keep . Tamworth Stafford , N. of Sowe Eddisbury . Warwick 914 A motte and a Norman castle . . 914 No ...
... castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found ... stone keep . Tamworth Stafford , N. of Sowe Eddisbury . Warwick 914 A motte and a Norman castle . . 914 No ...
Page 82
... castle upon it must have been a wooden one . A stone keep could not be placed on loose soil . The motte , therefore , must always represent the oldest castle . But there is no reason to think that the motte and its wooden keep were ...
... castle upon it must have been a wooden one . A stone keep could not be placed on loose soil . The motte , therefore , must always represent the oldest castle . But there is no reason to think that the motte and its wooden keep were ...
Page 85
... stone castle . In this case it is either the abandoned site of the original wooden castle , or it is a siege castle raised to blockade the other one . We constantly hear of these siege castles being built in the Middle Ages ; their ...
... stone castle . In this case it is either the abandoned site of the original wooden castle , or it is a siege castle raised to blockade the other one . We constantly hear of these siege castles being built in the Middle Ages ; their ...
Page 88
... Castle Hill at Hallaton in Leicestershire layers of peat and hazel branches , as well as of clay and stone boulders , were found . But our information on this subject is too scanty to justify any generalisations as to the general ...
... Castle Hill at Hallaton in Leicestershire layers of peat and hazel branches , as well as of clay and stone boulders , were found . But our information on this subject is too scanty to justify any generalisations as to the general ...
Page 95
... Castle ) and probably two others ( Hereford and Ewias ) existed before the ... stone keep was part of the original design , and a motte was therefore ... castle by the service of castle - guard . See D. B. , i . , pp . 21 and 206 ...
... Castle ) and probably two others ( Hereford and Ewias ) existed before the ... stone keep was part of the original design , and a motte was therefore ... castle by the service of castle - guard . See D. B. , i . , pp . 21 and 206 ...
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