English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 38
... entrance to the castle was always a possible weak point , and one which generally received the first and most concentrated atten- tions of the besiegers . The obvious necessity of strongly fortifying the entrance led to the building ...
... entrance to the castle was always a possible weak point , and one which generally received the first and most concentrated atten- tions of the besiegers . The obvious necessity of strongly fortifying the entrance led to the building ...
Page 68
... entrance , now becomes the strongest point in the whole circuit of the castle walls , and very often , indeed , the strongest building in the whole castle . As early as the twelfth century the idea of the flanking tower first begins to ...
... entrance , now becomes the strongest point in the whole circuit of the castle walls , and very often , indeed , the strongest building in the whole castle . As early as the twelfth century the idea of the flanking tower first begins to ...
Page 105
... entrance level , and lofty , embattled turrets rise at each corner above the embattled parapet of the roof . In front of the gatehouse itself a barbican is built out , consist- ing simply of parallel embattled walls with a lesser tower ...
... entrance level , and lofty , embattled turrets rise at each corner above the embattled parapet of the roof . In front of the gatehouse itself a barbican is built out , consist- ing simply of parallel embattled walls with a lesser tower ...
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