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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... camps and dykes , and his labours opened a new era in that branch of research . By accumulating an immense body of observations , and by recording those observations with a minuteness intended to forestall future questions , he built up ...
... camps and dykes , and his labours opened a new era in that branch of research . By accumulating an immense body of observations , and by recording those observations with a minuteness intended to forestall future questions , he built up ...
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... camp which contains an area of 60 or 80 acres was not constructed for the same purpose as one which only contains an area of three . We are not concerned here , however , with the attempt to disentangle the dates of the various classes ...
... camp which contains an area of 60 or 80 acres was not constructed for the same purpose as one which only contains an area of three . We are not concerned here , however , with the attempt to disentangle the dates of the various classes ...
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... camp of class ( a ) or ( 6 ) belongs to the Stone Age , the Bronze Age , or the Iron Age . Our business is with classes ( d ) and ( e ) of Mr Gould's list , that is , with the moated hillocks . We shall only treat of the other classes ...
... camp of class ( a ) or ( 6 ) belongs to the Stone Age , the Bronze Age , or the Iron Age . Our business is with classes ( d ) and ( e ) of Mr Gould's list , that is , with the moated hillocks . We shall only treat of the other classes ...
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... camps of southern England is their comparatively small size . 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 ...
... camps of southern England is their comparatively small size . 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 ...
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... camps which are so abundant in Great Britain . It might be too hasty a generalisation to say that no prehistoric camps have citadels , but as a rule the traverses by which some of these camps are divided appear to have been made for the ...
... camps which are so abundant in Great Britain . It might be too hasty a generalisation to say that no prehistoric camps have citadels , but as a rule the traverses by which some of these camps are divided appear to have been made for the ...
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