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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... WORDS 66 CASTRUM " AND " CASTELLUM " E. THE BURGHAL HIDAGE F. THELWALL G. THE WORD " BRETASCHE " H. THE WORD " HURDICIUM " I. THE WORD " HERICIO " K. THE CASTLE OF YALE L. THE CASTLE OF TULLOW . M. THE Castle of SLANE N. THE WORD ...
... WORDS 66 CASTRUM " AND " CASTELLUM " E. THE BURGHAL HIDAGE F. THELWALL G. THE WORD " BRETASCHE " H. THE WORD " HURDICIUM " I. THE WORD " HERICIO " K. THE CASTLE OF YALE L. THE CASTLE OF TULLOW . M. THE Castle of SLANE N. THE WORD ...
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... words give the true direction to which we must turn for the interpretation of these earthworks . In the second place , this type presents a peculiar development of plan , such as we do not expect to find in the earliest times in these ...
... words give the true direction to which we must turn for the interpretation of these earthworks . In the second place , this type presents a peculiar development of plan , such as we do not expect to find in the earliest times in these ...
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... word ; that is , the private fortified residences of great landowners . It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect correspondence in plan of these earthen and timber ...
... word ; that is , the private fortified residences of great landowners . It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect correspondence in plan of these earthen and timber ...
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... word , because of its confusion with moat , a ditch . Some writers advocate the word mount , but this appears to us too vague . in origin , it appropriately describes a thing when first introduced here . As the word motte is French ...
... word , because of its confusion with moat , a ditch . Some writers advocate the word mount , but this appears to us too vague . in origin , it appropriately describes a thing when first introduced here . As the word motte is French ...
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... word used for London is Londonburh . Asser says : " Londoniam civitatem honorifice restauravit et habitabilem fecit , " p . 489 . 3 Birch's Cartularium , ii . , 220 , 221 . FORTIFICATIONS OF ALFRED 15 and another at Limene - muthan 14 ...
... word used for London is Londonburh . Asser says : " Londoniam civitatem honorifice restauravit et habitabilem fecit , " p . 489 . 3 Birch's Cartularium , ii . , 220 , 221 . FORTIFICATIONS OF ALFRED 15 and another at Limene - muthan 14 ...
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