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The very few castles which are known to have existed before the Norman Conquest — Hereford , Richard's Castle and Ewyas Harold , all in Herefordshire , Clavering in Essex , and possibly Dover were all raised in the last few years of the ...
The very few castles which are known to have existed before the Norman Conquest — Hereford , Richard's Castle and Ewyas Harold , all in Herefordshire , Clavering in Essex , and possibly Dover were all raised in the last few years of the ...
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... incorporating at the outset the most recent advances in military architecture , such instances are comparatively few , and the majority of English castles were founded in the first century after the Norman Conquest .
... incorporating at the outset the most recent advances in military architecture , such instances are comparatively few , and the majority of English castles were founded in the first century after the Norman Conquest .
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man Conquest the castles so freely founded were for the most part of earth and timber only , it follows that great building - works in stone devoted to the raising of new castles , such as we have so far described , though they are the ...
man Conquest the castles so freely founded were for the most part of earth and timber only , it follows that great building - works in stone devoted to the raising of new castles , such as we have so far described , though they are the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Castles Volume 21 of Batsford paperbacks |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | B. T. Batsford, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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