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ward are strengthened by flanking towers at the four corners only — a single drum tower at the north and south corners , and at the east and west corners twin drum towers defending the two main gateways set diagonally opposite each ...
ward are strengthened by flanking towers at the four corners only — a single drum tower at the north and south corners , and at the east and west corners twin drum towers defending the two main gateways set diagonally opposite each ...
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Thus the Tower of London ( 27 ) , in the course of the thirteenth century , became one of the largest concentric fortresses in ... the cylindrical flanking towers of the former dominating the narrow outer ward or lists , a broad ditch ...
Thus the Tower of London ( 27 ) , in the course of the thirteenth century , became one of the largest concentric fortresses in ... the cylindrical flanking towers of the former dominating the narrow outer ward or lists , a broad ditch ...
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cient structure , the twelfth - century square tower keep remained ( and still remains ) , though rendered ... At many other castles the developments of the period were piecemeal only : the addition of flanking towers , like the Gray ...
cient structure , the twelfth - century square tower keep remained ( and still remains ) , though rendered ... At many other castles the developments of the period were piecemeal only : the addition of flanking towers , like the Gray ...
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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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