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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... 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 islands ...
... 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 islands ...
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... give the name of moot - hill to places in Yorkshire and elsewhere where the older ordnance maps give moat - hill . Moat in this connection is the same as motte , the Scotch and Irish mote , i.e. , the hillock of a castle , derived from ...
... give the name of moot - hill to places in Yorkshire and elsewhere where the older ordnance maps give moat - hill . Moat in this connection is the same as motte , the Scotch and Irish mote , i.e. , the hillock of a castle , derived from ...
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... give to her husband ) had built a burh at Bremesbyrig . During the twelve years which elapsed between Ethelred's death and that of Edward in 924 , the brother and sister built no less than twenty - seven burhs , giving a total of thirty ...
... give to her husband ) had built a burh at Bremesbyrig . During the twelve years which elapsed between Ethelred's death and that of Edward in 924 , the brother and sister built no less than twenty - seven burhs , giving a total of thirty ...
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... give us many pictures of burhs , and that in all cases they are fortified towns . Finally , Florence of Worcester , one of the most careful of our early chroniclers , who lived when Anglo - Saxon was still a living language , and who ...
... give us many pictures of burhs , and that in all cases they are fortified towns . Finally , Florence of Worcester , one of the most careful of our early chroniclers , who lived when Anglo - Saxon was still a living language , and who ...
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... gives a plan of this fort , and there is another in Hanshall's History of Cheshire , p . 418 ( 1817 ) . A very different one is given in Beaumont's History of Halton . 3 Beaumont's Records of the Honour of Halton . In 1368 , John Hank ...
... gives a plan of this fort , and there is another in Hanshall's History of Cheshire , p . 418 ( 1817 ) . A very different one is given in Beaumont's History of Halton . 3 Beaumont's Records of the Honour of Halton . In 1368 , John Hank ...
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