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The outer wall is in effect , if the term be preferred , a vast barbican protecting the whole castle . The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those castles built from their ...
The outer wall is in effect , if the term be preferred , a vast barbican protecting the whole castle . The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those castles built from their ...
Page 79
The narrow lists between the inner and outer walls appear to be divided at least at one point by a cross - wall , and in ... other than those within the gatehouse , are logically and neatly ranged along , and sheltered by , the walls .
The narrow lists between the inner and outer walls appear to be divided at least at one point by a cross - wall , and in ... other than those within the gatehouse , are logically and neatly ranged along , and sheltered by , the walls .
Page 88
cient structure , the twelfth - century square tower keep remained ( and still remains ) , though rendered militarily almost unnecessary by the lofty walls and towers which surrounded it . At far - off Middleham in Yorkshire ...
cient structure , the twelfth - century square tower keep remained ( and still remains ) , though rendered militarily almost unnecessary by the lofty walls and towers which surrounded it . At far - off Middleham in Yorkshire ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Castles Volume 21 of Batsford paperbacks |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | B. T. Batsford, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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