The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome 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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To many it may seem a waste of labour to devote a whole book to the establishment of a proposition which is now generally adopted by the best English archaologists ; but the subject is an important one , and there is no book which deals ...
To many it may seem a waste of labour to devote a whole book to the establishment of a proposition which is now generally adopted by the best English archaologists ; but the subject is an important one , and there is no book which deals ...
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It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount , and thus encloses the whole fortification . The court is defended by earthen banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since ...
It also has been surrounded by a ditch , which joins the ditch of the mount , and thus encloses the whole fortification . The court is defended by earthen banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since ...
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We know of only one ( Skipsea ) in which the bailey covers as much as eight acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than ...
We know of only one ( Skipsea ) in which the bailey covers as much as eight acres ; in by far the greater number the whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than ...
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They were to be places where the whole countryside could take refuge during a Danish raid . The Chronicle tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this ...
They were to be places where the whole countryside could take refuge during a Danish raid . The Chronicle tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this ...
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... 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 present day .
... 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 present day .
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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