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denoting a fortified place , is the word from which our modern borough derives , and in fact the burhs of both Saxon and Dane were fortified townships , as were also such great British fortresses as Maiden ' Castle ' in Dorset and the ...
denoting a fortified place , is the word from which our modern borough derives , and in fact the burhs of both Saxon and Dane were fortified townships , as were also such great British fortresses as Maiden ' Castle ' in Dorset and the ...
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In fact it is very difficult to distinguish at all clearly between these lesser castles and the ' pele towers ' , dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and later , which are such a well - known and characteristic feature of ...
In fact it is very difficult to distinguish at all clearly between these lesser castles and the ' pele towers ' , dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and later , which are such a well - known and characteristic feature of ...
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No two facts could demonstrate more clearly the strength of the medieval stone castle and the supremacy of defence over ... First , the fact that the castle was never taken by force may be bracketed with the fact that its broad water ...
No two facts could demonstrate more clearly the strength of the medieval stone castle and the supremacy of defence over ... First , the fact that the castle was never taken by force may be bracketed with the fact that its broad water ...
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