English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 36
... timber to the castle of stone , in England as on the Continent , was the effect as well as the cause of the adoption ... timber tower until the present remarkable stone keep ( 15 ) was built by Henry III between 1245 and 1272. Until at ...
... timber to the castle of stone , in England as on the Continent , was the effect as well as the cause of the adoption ... timber tower until the present remarkable stone keep ( 15 ) was built by Henry III between 1245 and 1272. Until at ...
Page 42
... timber fortifica- tion . The stockade formerly planted upon the earthen ram- part which surrounded the flat summit of the mound was simply replaced by a stone wall . This type of ring wall crowning a mound is known as a shell keep . It ...
... timber fortifica- tion . The stockade formerly planted upon the earthen ram- part which surrounded the flat summit of the mound was simply replaced by a stone wall . This type of ring wall crowning a mound is known as a shell keep . It ...
Page 134
... timber , and other necessaries for the works aforesaid , and carriage for the same timber and stone and other pre- mises . ... Amongst the great numbers of labourers and craftsmen at and about the castle in the next near - thirty years ...
... timber , and other necessaries for the works aforesaid , and carriage for the same timber and stone and other pre- mises . ... Amongst the great numbers of labourers and craftsmen at and about the castle in the next near - thirty years ...
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