English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 54
... whole or in part at Bronllys , Caldicott , Dolbadarn and Skenfrith , while , returning to England , we must bracket with the round tower its striking elaboration into the quatrefoil plan which is best illustrated at York ( 15 ) . On the ...
... whole or in part at Bronllys , Caldicott , Dolbadarn and Skenfrith , while , returning to England , we must bracket with the round tower its striking elaboration into the quatrefoil plan which is best illustrated at York ( 15 ) . On the ...
Page 68
... whole circuit of the castle walls , and very often , indeed , the strongest building in the whole castle . As early as the twelfth century the idea of the flanking tower first begins to appear applied to the castle gateway . Thus the ...
... whole circuit of the castle walls , and very often , indeed , the strongest building in the whole castle . As early as the twelfth century the idea of the flanking tower first begins to appear applied to the castle gateway . Thus the ...
Page 85
... whole , and the main entrance defended by a barbican and a series of character- istic gatehouses , of which the Middle Tower and the By- ward Tower remain . Here it is particularly interesting to see that , as the result of these ...
... whole , and the main entrance defended by a barbican and a series of character- istic gatehouses , of which the Middle Tower and the By- ward Tower remain . Here it is particularly interesting to see that , as the result of these ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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