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... the mounds and earthworks which they see , or could see , the authentic survivals of early Norman castles , and the conviction that a castle can only be a building or ruin of stone remains the most deep - rooted of misconceptions .
... the mounds and earthworks which they see , or could see , the authentic survivals of early Norman castles , and the conviction that a castle can only be a building or ruin of stone remains the most deep - rooted of misconceptions .
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So numerous are the remains of early castles that few need travel far to find one . But when the locality is reached little help can be expected from the inhabitants of the town or village . To the question ' Where is the castle ?
So numerous are the remains of early castles that few need travel far to find one . But when the locality is reached little help can be expected from the inhabitants of the town or village . To the question ' Where is the castle ?
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A good visual impression of this type of keep can also be obtained from an aerial photograph of Restormel in Cornwall , whose present remains are of a large shell upon a mound , its crenellated wall still near perfect and still ...
A good visual impression of this type of keep can also be obtained from an aerial photograph of Restormel in Cornwall , whose present remains are of a large shell upon a mound , its crenellated wall still near perfect and still ...
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