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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Page xvii
... reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of Yerth cast up like the Dungeon of sum olde Castelle , " which he saw in his pilgrimages through England ...
... reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of Yerth cast up like the Dungeon of sum olde Castelle , " which he saw in his pilgrimages through England ...
Page 11
... reign in Northumberland , and adds that he built " Bebbanburh , " which was first enclosed with a hedge , and afterwards with a wall . Unfortun- ately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and ...
... reign in Northumberland , and adds that he built " Bebbanburh , " which was first enclosed with a hedge , and afterwards with a wall . Unfortun- ately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and ...
Page 12
... reign of William II . The area of the basaltic headland of Bamborough covers 4 acres , a site large enough for a city of Ida's day . The church of St Peter was placed on the highest point . The castle which was built there in Norman ...
... reign of William II . The area of the basaltic headland of Bamborough covers 4 acres , a site large enough for a city of Ida's day . The church of St Peter was placed on the highest point . The castle which was built there in Norman ...
Page 16
... reign had been continued by the restoration of the Roman walls of Chester in 908 , by Ethelred and his wife ; and Ethelfleda herself ( possibly during the lingering illness which later chroniclers give to her husband ) had built a burh ...
... reign had been continued by the restoration of the Roman walls of Chester in 908 , by Ethelred and his wife ; and Ethelfleda herself ( possibly during the lingering illness which later chroniclers give to her husband ) had built a burh ...
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... reign . Ethelfleda's borough probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not impossible , for the loss of the s ...
... reign . Ethelfleda's borough probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not impossible , for the loss of the s ...
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