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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... natural hill scarped into a conical shape ; sometimes an isolated rock is made use of to serve as a citadel , which saved much spade - work . The shape of the court is very variable : it may be square or oblong , with greatly rounded ...
... natural hill scarped into a conical shape ; sometimes an isolated rock is made use of to serve as a citadel , which saved much spade - work . The shape of the court is very variable : it may be square or oblong , with greatly rounded ...
Page 17
... naturally applied by the Anglo- Saxons to the prehistoric and British " camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round every farmstead in Saxon times ...
... naturally applied by the Anglo- Saxons to the prehistoric and British " camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round every farmstead in Saxon times ...
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... natural fortification of steep rock , which would only require a stout wall to make it secure against all the military resources of the 10th century . We may there- fore be quite certain that it was here Ethelfleda planted her borough ...
... natural fortification of steep rock , which would only require a stout wall to make it secure against all the military resources of the 10th century . We may there- fore be quite certain that it was here Ethelfleda planted her borough ...
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... natural slope , crowned by a steeper scarp , cut back into the rock , and having traces of a bank along its crest . The S.E. end of the spur presents several interesting details , for it has been occupied in medieval times by a small ...
... natural slope , crowned by a steeper scarp , cut back into the rock , and having traces of a bank along its crest . The S.E. end of the spur presents several interesting details , for it has been occupied in medieval times by a small ...
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... natural fortification . The only circumstance that is in favour of Quatford is that it is mentioned as a burgus in Domesday , which shows that it possessed fortifications of the civic kind ; and we shall see later on , that such ...
... natural fortification . The only circumstance that is in favour of Quatford is that it is mentioned as a burgus in Domesday , which shows that it possessed fortifications of the civic kind ; and we shall see later on , that such ...
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