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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... 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 the hillock is surrounded by a ditch .
... 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 the hillock is surrounded by a ditch .
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They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . i Vor Oldtid , p . 629 . ? Entwickelung.
They must have been entered by a movable wooden stair , such as horses can be taught to climb . See the plan of Topcliffe Castle , Yorks ( Fig . 1 ) . i Vor Oldtid , p . 629 . ? Entwickelung.
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... for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up wood on the most accessible side that he was able to set fire to the wooden stockade .
... for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up wood on the most accessible side that he was able to set fire to the wooden stockade .
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3 MALDON , TOWCESTER , WIGINGAMERE 41 and stockade of a town , and that needed for the building of an earthen and wooden castle . MALDON . — Only one angle of the earthen bank of Edward's borough remains now , but Gough states that it ...
3 MALDON , TOWCESTER , WIGINGAMERE 41 and stockade of a town , and that needed for the building of an earthen and wooden castle . MALDON . — Only one angle of the earthen bank of Edward's borough remains now , but Gough states that it ...
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a of any the river , and connected the two boroughs by a bridge , which must have included a causeway or a wooden stage across the marshes of the Leen . It is not surprising that the frequent floods of the Trent have carried away all ...
a of any the river , and connected the two boroughs by a bridge , which must have included a causeway or a wooden stage across the marshes of the Leen . It is not surprising that the frequent floods of the Trent have carried away all ...
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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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