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designed also as the residence of the lord . This tower seems usually to have been raised upon posts , as is shown by recent excavations at Abinger in Surrey , and by the proud description , written in Stephen's reign ( 1135–54 ) ...
designed also as the residence of the lord . This tower seems usually to have been raised upon posts , as is shown by recent excavations at Abinger in Surrey , and by the proud description , written in Stephen's reign ( 1135–54 ) ...
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It was also , in the great majority of cases , the residence of the lord of the castle . The keep of the keepand - bailey castle , therefore , had exactly the same rôle as the motte of the motte - and - bailey , and indeed it was upon ...
It was also , in the great majority of cases , the residence of the lord of the castle . The keep of the keepand - bailey castle , therefore , had exactly the same rôle as the motte of the motte - and - bailey , and indeed it was upon ...
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... and though the main pile has in places masonry of immense thickness and incorporates some four strong towers , the place is emphatically first and foremost a residence , to which certain piecemeal defences have been added .
... and though the main pile has in places masonry of immense thickness and incorporates some four strong towers , the place is emphatically first and foremost a residence , to which certain piecemeal defences have been added .
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