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Yet even now the fact that a castle need not be , and for some hundred years in this country alone was often not , a fortress of stone , is anything but common knowledge . So numerous are the remains of early castles that few need ...
Yet even now the fact that a castle need not be , and for some hundred years in this country alone was often not , a fortress of stone , is anything but common knowledge . So numerous are the remains of early castles that few need ...
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The White Tower at London ( 27 ) rivals Colchester , measuring one hundred and eighteen feet by one hundred and seven in length and breadth , while its height is some ninety feet . Both these keeps are exceptionally early and nothing ...
The White Tower at London ( 27 ) rivals Colchester , measuring one hundred and eighteen feet by one hundred and seven in length and breadth , while its height is some ninety feet . Both these keeps are exceptionally early and nothing ...
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... one thousand five hundred chickens , five thousand eggs , twenty oxen , one hundred pigs and one hundred sheep ; or when everywhere upon the records we meet the endless convoys of good wine rolling towards the royal castles .
... one thousand five hundred chickens , five thousand eggs , twenty oxen , one hundred pigs and one hundred sheep ; or when everywhere upon the records we meet the endless convoys of good wine rolling towards the royal castles .
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