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The particular attention paid to the defence of the gate in this as in all periods of the Middle Ages provides us with one small but precise example of the general transition from timber to stone fortification .
The particular attention paid to the defence of the gate in this as in all periods of the Middle Ages provides us with one small but precise example of the general transition from timber to stone fortification .
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Naworth Castle in Cumberland , for example , built by Ralph , Lord Dacre , subsequent to a royal licence granted in 1335 , though much rebuilt in the nineteenth century , followed originally the old plan , with a square keep , Dacre ...
Naworth Castle in Cumberland , for example , built by Ralph , Lord Dacre , subsequent to a royal licence granted in 1335 , though much rebuilt in the nineteenth century , followed originally the old plan , with a square keep , Dacre ...
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At Little Wenham in Suffolk ( 31 ) there still stands , in perfect and inhabited preservation , a very pleasing thirteenth - century example of such a defensible house , in form something between a small rectangular tower keep and such ...
At Little Wenham in Suffolk ( 31 ) there still stands , in perfect and inhabited preservation , a very pleasing thirteenth - century example of such a defensible house , in form something between a small rectangular tower keep and such ...
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| 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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