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Page 88
At many other castles the developments of the period were piecemeal only : the addition of flanking towers , like the Gray Mare's Tail at Warkworth , to weaker or more exposed sections of the curtain ; the provision upon an existing ...
At many other castles the developments of the period were piecemeal only : the addition of flanking towers , like the Gray Mare's Tail at Warkworth , to weaker or more exposed sections of the curtain ; the provision upon an existing ...
Page 109
Similarly at Berkeley , at Ludlow , at Tutbury and at castles throughout the realm , continuous expansion of residential buildings took place with very little addition to , and sometimes little enough maintenance of , existing defences ...
Similarly at Berkeley , at Ludlow , at Tutbury and at castles throughout the realm , continuous expansion of residential buildings took place with very little addition to , and sometimes little enough maintenance of , existing defences ...
Page 155
... the bastion gunemplacements on the north side of the Tower of London's outer wall are Tudor additions to the castle ... fourteenth centuries were often provided with more than one main gate in addition to lesser gates or posterns .
... the bastion gunemplacements on the north side of the Tower of London's outer wall are Tudor additions to the castle ... fourteenth centuries were often provided with more than one main gate in addition to lesser gates or posterns .
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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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