English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 61
... followed originally the old plan , with a square keep , Dacre Tower , at one corner of a roughly triangular bailey . Etal Castle in Northumber- land , raised c . 1341-5 , also followed the old keep - and- bailey plan ( p . 91 ) . A new ...
... followed originally the old plan , with a square keep , Dacre Tower , at one corner of a roughly triangular bailey . Etal Castle in Northumber- land , raised c . 1341-5 , also followed the old keep - and- bailey plan ( p . 91 ) . A new ...
Page 91
... followed the familiar pattern of raids and counter - raids by comparatively small forces , to which the castle or fortified house was a more or less sufficient answer . The new castles of the fourteenth and later cen- turies in the far ...
... followed the familiar pattern of raids and counter - raids by comparatively small forces , to which the castle or fortified house was a more or less sufficient answer . The new castles of the fourteenth and later cen- turies in the far ...
Page 130
... followed by a slack winter period lasting from about October to March , when the labour force is much reduced and the remaining workmen have their wages lowered to correspond with their shorter hours though as the building nears ...
... followed by a slack winter period lasting from about October to March , when the labour force is much reduced and the remaining workmen have their wages lowered to correspond with their shorter hours though as the building nears ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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