English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 113
... labour it employed , and who were the craftsmen who planned and directed its construction . Though the fact must not be allowed to detract from their contemporary strength and efficiency , it is obvious . that the early Norman castles ...
... labour it employed , and who were the craftsmen who planned and directed its construction . Though the fact must not be allowed to detract from their contemporary strength and efficiency , it is obvious . that the early Norman castles ...
Page 119
... labour responsible for the design and exe- cution of the castle , the Pipe Rolls unfortunately tell us nothing , and though it has sometimes been suggested that a certain Master Alnoth , a well - known engineer and archi- tect of Henry ...
... labour responsible for the design and exe- cution of the castle , the Pipe Rolls unfortunately tell us nothing , and though it has sometimes been suggested that a certain Master Alnoth , a well - known engineer and archi- tect of Henry ...
Page 125
... labour force involved . At Harlech in the summer of 1286 an average weekly number of nearly one thousand men were employed . The three castles of Conway , Carnar- von and Harlech employed between them an average of some two thousand ...
... labour force involved . At Harlech in the summer of 1286 an average weekly number of nearly one thousand men were employed . The three castles of Conway , Carnar- von and Harlech employed between them an average of some two thousand ...
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