PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND.1900 |
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... motte - and - bailey type . The word motte is , of course , the same as the mote which we so frequently find in the south - west of Scotland , and in other parts of Great Britain , and which is also found in some old English records ...
... motte - and - bailey type . The word motte is , of course , the same as the mote which we so frequently find in the south - west of Scotland , and in other parts of Great Britain , and which is also found in some old English records ...
Page 270
motte in the sense of an artificial hill , as there is between dyke and ditch . Both are derived from the old French motte , a clod . When or where this type of fortification originated is not as yet certainly known , but it is more ...
motte in the sense of an artificial hill , as there is between dyke and ditch . Both are derived from the old French motte , a clod . When or where this type of fortification originated is not as yet certainly known , but it is more ...
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... motte was connected with a subsequent Norman castle , 1 Worcester , BURHS OF ETHELFLEDA . 873-899 . Chester , 907 ... motte and a Norman castle . A motte and a Norman castle . Unidentified . Unidentified . No motte , but a Norman stone ...
... motte was connected with a subsequent Norman castle , 1 Worcester , BURHS OF ETHELFLEDA . 873-899 . Chester , 907 ... motte and a Norman castle . A motte and a Norman castle . Unidentified . Unidentified . No motte , but a Norman stone ...
Page 272
... motte , we ought to find mottes on each side the river at Hertford , Buckingham , and Nottingham . But as a matter of fact , in all these three cases we only find mottes on that side of the river where a Norman castle was subsequently ...
... motte , we ought to find mottes on each side the river at Hertford , Buckingham , and Nottingham . But as a matter of fact , in all these three cases we only find mottes on that side of the river where a Norman castle was subsequently ...
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... motte delineated , but the wooden bretasche on the top of the motte ; the assailants are endeavouring to set fire to it , while the defenders are trying to frustrate this purpose by pushing down the torches as fast as they are applied ...
... motte delineated , but the wooden bretasche on the top of the motte ; the assailants are endeavouring to set fire to it , while the defenders are trying to frustrate this purpose by pushing down the torches as fast as they are applied ...
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24 inches Abbey Aberdeenshire Alexander Andrew Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archæological bearing arms fig Bible Bishop built burh Cathedral centre charter Christopher Barker Church circle circular cist copy crescents cross cups Domesday Dunbar Earl Earl of Mar earth-house earthworks edge Edinburgh Elgin Elgin Cathedral entrance Ethelfleda excavation F.S.A. Scot feet fess chequy Genevan version Ground Plan heads erased height Hill Hill Fort hole Holyrood Palace impaling Imprinted at London inch in thickness inches inches in breadth inches in diameter inches in length inches in width incised initials inscription interior James John lion LL.D Longforgan marked mote motte motte and bailey motte-and-bailey mound Museum Norman castle ornamented oval palace panel Peeblesshire pillar Pluscardin portion probably Quency rampart Recumbent Stone Robert round Royal Scotland Scottish side slab slope Society Spynie Palace St Blane's Standing Stones Stewart Terrace Towers trench vitrified