English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... fortress of earthwork and timber alone . While varying in detail , the vast majority of these castles conform to a basic and distinctive plan . The most promi- nent and most important feature was a large mound or motte , flattened at ...
... fortress of earthwork and timber alone . While varying in detail , the vast majority of these castles conform to a basic and distinctive plan . The most promi- nent and most important feature was a large mound or motte , flattened at ...
Page 35
... fortress of stone . The type of early castle which we examined in the last chapter was by no means confined to this country . Similar needs , similar patterns of society and similar resources produced the same results elsewhere , and ...
... fortress of stone . The type of early castle which we examined in the last chapter was by no means confined to this country . Similar needs , similar patterns of society and similar resources produced the same results elsewhere , and ...
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... fortress , the great keep and inner bailey being surrounded and flanked by the sweeping outer cur- tain , with its long series of mural towers , and the striking and powerful Constable's Gate built to replace King John's gateway at the ...
... fortress , the great keep and inner bailey being surrounded and flanked by the sweeping outer cur- tain , with its long series of mural towers , and the striking and powerful Constable's Gate built to replace King John's gateway at the ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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amongst attack barbican Beaumaris Bedford Bodiam Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover earl early earthwork Edward England English castles English Medieval Castles entrance example flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey inner ward keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe knights labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised records reign residence residential Rhuddlan Rochester rôle round royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber tower keep Tower of London tower-house tury twelfth century walls warfare whole William Windsor