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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... whole book to the establishment of a proposition which is now generally adopted by the best English archaologists ; but the subject is an important one , and there is no book which deals with it in detail , and in the light of the ...
... whole book to the establishment of a proposition which is now generally adopted by the best English archaologists ; but the subject is an important one , and there is no book which deals with it in detail , and in the light of the ...
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... whole fortification . The court is defended by earthen banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earthwork of England has furnished an ...
... whole fortification . The court is defended by earthen banks , both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch , and these banks 1 Since the above was written , Mr Hadrian Allcroft's work on Earthwork of England has furnished an ...
Page 5
... whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than one and a half . * Now this type of fort will tell us a good deal about 2 " " 1 See Fig . I. 2 For instance , at ...
... whole area included in the hillock , court , and ditches does not exceed three acres , and often it is not more than one and a half . * Now this type of fort will tell us a good deal about 2 " " 1 See Fig . I. 2 For instance , at ...
Page 21
... whole countryside could take refuge during a Danish raid . The Chronicle tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this time forth we constantly find ...
... whole countryside could take refuge during a Danish raid . The Chronicle tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this time forth we constantly find ...
Page 27
... whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the present day . But the ...
... whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the present day . But the ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch B.
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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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