English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... 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 more important Roman camps , some of which , like Lin- coln , Colchester and London ...
... 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 more important Roman camps , some of which , like Lin- coln , Colchester and London ...
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... fact should be obscured by the use of different terminology . That these pele towers and barmkins of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries should have been built upon so old a pattern is not so much due to the conservatism of the north ...
... fact should be obscured by the use of different terminology . That these pele towers and barmkins of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries should have been built upon so old a pattern is not so much due to the conservatism of the north ...
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... facts about it . First , the fact that the castle was never taken by force may be bracketed with the fact that its broad water defences made impossible mining operations against it , for we may be sure that the two are not merely ...
... facts about it . First , the fact that the castle was never taken by force may be bracketed with the fact that its broad water defences made impossible mining operations against it , for we may be sure that the two are not merely ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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