English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... mound or motte , flattened at the top ( 6 , 7 ) . Where possible this mound was wholly or partially formed out of a natural hillock or outcrop of rock , but very commonly it was an entirely artificial creation , raised by what must have ...
... mound or motte , flattened at the top ( 6 , 7 ) . Where possible this mound was wholly or partially formed out of a natural hillock or outcrop of rock , but very commonly it was an entirely artificial creation , raised by what must have ...
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... mound , surrounded by its own ditch , and the bailey , was provided generally by a sloping bridge carried on piles , which again at some point could be raised or blocked in case of attack . The dominant feature of these fortresses was ...
... mound , surrounded by its own ditch , and the bailey , was provided generally by a sloping bridge carried on piles , which again at some point could be raised or blocked in case of attack . The dominant feature of these fortresses was ...
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... mound , especially if the mound was large , or wholly or partly natural , as at Norwich , Castle Hedingham or Clitheroe . The later cylindrical keeps , too , perhaps aided by their shape , are quite commonly placed upon a mound , as at ...
... mound , especially if the mound was large , or wholly or partly natural , as at Norwich , Castle Hedingham or Clitheroe . The later cylindrical keeps , too , perhaps aided by their shape , are quite commonly placed upon a mound , as at ...
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