English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Reginald Allen Brown. Early Stone Castles THE architectural history of the English castle is usually one of continuous development from an early origin — fol- lowed , of course , all too often , by continous or rapid de- cline . Although ...
Reginald Allen Brown. Early Stone Castles THE architectural history of the English castle is usually one of continuous development from an early origin — fol- lowed , of course , all too often , by continous or rapid de- cline . Although ...
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... early date , of stone gatehouses . The earliest ex- amples , found at those castles provided from the first with bailey walls , are usually in form a broad square tower con- taining the gate . One of the earliest known survivals of this ...
... early date , of stone gatehouses . The earliest ex- amples , found at those castles provided from the first with bailey walls , are usually in form a broad square tower con- taining the gate . One of the earliest known survivals of this ...
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... early castles it must have afforded almost the only shelter for the garrison and serving men , who slept in it and probably used it as a general barrack - room as well . Its basic plan was simple . The main apartment , or hall proper ...
... early castles it must have afforded almost the only shelter for the garrison and serving men , who slept in it and probably used it as a general barrack - room as well . Its basic plan was simple . The main apartment , or hall proper ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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amongst attack barbican Beaumaris Bedford Bodiam Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover earl early earthwork Edward England English castles English Medieval Castles entrance example flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey inner ward keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe knights labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised records reign residence residential Rhuddlan Rochester rôle round royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber tower keep Tower of London tower-house tury twelfth century walls warfare whole William Windsor