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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... stand alone , without any accompanying court . Excavation or documentary evidence can alone decide in these cases , though the presence of 1 Some writers give the name of moot - hill to places in Yorkshire and elsewhere where the older ...
... stand alone , without any accompanying court . Excavation or documentary evidence can alone decide in these cases , though the presence of 1 Some writers give the name of moot - hill to places in Yorkshire and elsewhere where the older ...
Page 12
... stands ; for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up wood on the most accessible side that he was able to set fire to the wooden stockade ...
... stands ; for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up wood on the most accessible side that he was able to set fire to the wooden stockade ...
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... stands the courthouse of the manor of Bromborough . But this manor was given by the Earl of Chester to the monks of St 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox , " Chester Castle , " in ...
... stands the courthouse of the manor of Bromborough . But this manor was given by the Earl of Chester to the monks of St 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox , " Chester Castle , " in ...
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... stands a mile and a half from the town on the southern side of the river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern side , as the town is now . Stafford was a Domesday 1 " Arcem quam in ...
... stands a mile and a half from the town on the southern side of the river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern side , as the town is now . Stafford was a Domesday 1 " Arcem quam in ...
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... stands at the top of a hill , commanding the junction of two great Roman roads , the Watling Street from Chester to Manchester , and the branch which it sends forth to Kinderton on the east . As a very misleading plan of this work has ...
... stands at the top of a hill , commanding the junction of two great Roman roads , the Watling Street from Chester to Manchester , and the branch which it sends forth to Kinderton on the east . As a very misleading plan of this work has ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch B.
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M. bank borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthen earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign History houses Journ king land manor masonry mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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