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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... tower.2 As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally 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 ...
... tower.2 As a rule the hillock is round , but it is not unfrequently oval , and occasionally 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 ...
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... tower and stone walls to these works to convert them into a Norman castle of the popularly accepted type . We regard the military character of these works as so fully established that we have not thought it necessary to discuss the ...
... tower and stone walls to these works to convert them into a Norman castle of the popularly accepted type . We regard the military character of these works as so fully established that we have not thought it necessary to discuss the ...
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... tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox , " Chester Castle , " in Chester Hist . and Archæol . Soc . , V. , 239 . 2 Cox , as above . See also Shrubsole , " The Age of the City Walls of Chester ...
... tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox , " Chester Castle , " in Chester Hist . and Archæol . Soc . , V. , 239 . 2 Cox , as above . See also Shrubsole , " The Age of the City Walls of Chester ...
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... tower of the presidium where Herbert Count of Vermandois had imprisoned Charles the Simple was burnt accidentally . ' This tower must have been restored , as nine years later it withstood a six weeks ' siege from King Raoul . A possibly ...
... tower of the presidium where Herbert Count of Vermandois had imprisoned Charles the Simple was burnt accidentally . ' This tower must have been restored , as nine years later it withstood a six weeks ' siege from King Raoul . A possibly ...
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... tower was heightened by Charles , the last of the Carlovingians , and furnished with a ditch and bank , in 988 . 3 It is often supposed that these towers were derived from the Pretoria , or general's quarters in the Roman castra . It is ...
... tower was heightened by Charles , the last of the Carlovingians , and furnished with a ditch and bank , in 988 . 3 It is often supposed that these towers were derived from the Pretoria , or general's quarters in the Roman castra . It is ...
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