D. THE WORDS

“CASTRUM” AND “ CASTELLUM"

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E. THE BURGHAL HIDAGE

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M. THE CASTLE OF SLANE

N. THE WORD “DONJON”

O. THE ARRANGEMENTS IN EARLY KEEPS.

Q. CASTLES BUILT BY HENRY I.

R. THE SO-CALLED SHELL KEEP

S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S “HISTORY OF WALES”

SCHEDULE OF ENGLISH CASTLES FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 396

INDEX

401

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

AND PLANS

FIO,

Motte-Castles from the Bayeux Tapestry :-Dol, Rennes, Dinan,
Bayeux, Hastings.

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1. Typical Motte - Castles :—Topcliffe, Yorks; Laughton - en - le-

Morthen, Yorks; Anstey, Herts; Dingestow, Monmouth;

Hedingham, Essex

2. Anglo-Saxon MS. of Prudentius

3. Wallingford, Berks; Wareham, Dorset

4. Eddisbury, Cheshire ; Witham, Essex

5. Plan of Towcester about 1830

6. Shoebury, Essex

7. Willington, Beds

8. Arundel, Sussex; Abergavenny, Monmouth

9. Barnstaple, Devon ; Berkhampstead, Herts; Bishop's Stortford,

Herts

10. Bourn, Lincs ; Bramber, Sussex

11. Caerleon, Monmouth ; Carisbrooke

12. Carlisle ; Castle Acre, Norfolk

13. Clifford, Hereford ; Clitheroe, Lancs; Corfe, Dorset

14. Dover (from a plan in the British Museum, 1756) .

15. Dunster, Somerset ; Dudley, Staffs .

16. Durham

17. Ely, Cambs; Ewias Harold, Hereford ; Eye, Suffolk

18. Hastings, Sussex ; Huntingdon

19. Launceston, Cornwall; Lewes, Sussex

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20. Lincoln

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21. Monmouth ; Montacute, Somerset ; Morpeth, Northumberland .
22. Norham ; Nottingham
23. Norwich (from Harrod's Gleanings among the Castles and

Convents of Norfolk, p. 133)
24. Okehampton, Devon; Penwortham, Lancs; Pevensey, Sussex
25. Oxford (from Oxonia Illustrata, David Loggan, 1675)
26. Pontefract, Yorks ; Preston Capes, Northants ; Quatford, Salop.
27. Rayleigh, Essex ; Richard's Castle, Hereford
28. Richmond, Yorks; Rochester, Kent
29. Rockingham, Northants
30. Old Sarum, Wilts
31. Shrewsbury; Skipsea, Yorks
32. Stafford ; Tamworth, Staffs ; Stanton Holgate, Salop; Tickhill,

Yorks 33. Tonbridge, Kent; Totnes, Devon 34. Trematon, Cornwall ; Tutbury, Staffs 35. Wallingford, Berks 36. Warwick; Wigmore, Hereford 37. Winchester (from a plan by W. Godson, 1750) 38. Windsor Castle (from Ashmole's Order of the Garter) 39. York Castle and Baile Hill (from a plan by P. Chassereau, 1750) 40. Motte-Castles of North Wales :-Mold, Welshpool, Wrexham,

Mathraval 41. Motte-Castles of South Wales :--Cilgerran, Blaenporth, Chastell

Gwalter 42. Motte-Castles of South Wales :—Builth, Gemaron, Payn's Castle 43. Motte-Castles of South Wales :-Cardiff, Loughor 44. Scottish Motte-Castles :-Annan, Moffat, Duffus, Old Hermitage 45. Irish Motte-Castles :--Ardmayle, Downpatrick, Drogheda, Castle.

THE EARLY NORMAN CASTLES OF

THE BRITISH ISLES

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

The study of earthworks has been one of the most neglected subjects in English archæology until quite

It may even be said that during the first

recent years.

ERRATA

Page 34, note 1.- For "construerat” read“ construxerat.”
Page 40, line 9.-For “there was only one motte, the site of

the castle of the Norman Giffards is now almost obliter-
ated," read “there was only one motte, site of the castle

of the Norman Giffards, now almost obliterated.”.
Page 133, line 16.—For "1282” read " 1182."
Page 145, note 1.--For “ Legercestria” read “ Legecestria."
Page 147, line 15.—Delete comma after “castle.”
Page 216, note 2.–For "instalment” read “statement."
Page 304, note 3.-For “Galloway, Wigton, Kirkcudbright,

and Dumfries," read “Galloway (Wigton, Kirkcudbright,
and Dumfries).”

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21. Monmouth ; Montacute, Somerset ; Morpeth, Northumberland .
22. Norham; Nottingham
23. Norwich (from Harrod's Gleanings among the Castles and

Convents of Norfolk, p. 133)
24. Okehampton, Devon; Penwortham, Lancs; Pevensey, Sussex
25. Oxford (from Oxonia Illustrata, David Loggan, 1675)
26. Pontefract, Yorks; Preston Capes, Northants; Quatford, Salop.
27. Rayleigh, Essex ; Richard's Castle, Hereford
28. Richmond, Yorks; Rochester, Kent
29. Rockingham, Northants
30. Old Sarum, Wilts
31. Shrewsbury; Skipsea, Yorks
32. Stafford ; Tamworth, Staffs ; Stanton Holgate, Salop; Tickhill,

Yorks 33. Tonbridge, Kent; Totnes, Devon

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