Medieval England, Volume 1Austin Lane Poole Clarendon Press, 1958 - 661 pages Volume 1 looks at the English countryside, domestic and military architecture, warefare, shipping, communications, towns & trade, coinage, clothing, arms & armor, and heraldry. |
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Page 171
... boat ; and it was the introduc tion of planked boats , capable of carrying heavier cargo , which led to the abandonment of curraghs , except by fishermen of the remoter west and north - west coasts . The planked boat developed from the ...
... boat ; and it was the introduc tion of planked boats , capable of carrying heavier cargo , which led to the abandonment of curraghs , except by fishermen of the remoter west and north - west coasts . The planked boat developed from the ...
Page 172
... boat , however , shows considerable advances in construction : A · FIG . 5o . Section of boat found at North Ferriby C B FIG . S1 . The Nydam boat A. Rowlock . B. Rudder . c . Reconstruction of boat it gains additional strength from the ...
... boat , however , shows considerable advances in construction : A · FIG . 5o . Section of boat found at North Ferriby C B FIG . S1 . The Nydam boat A. Rowlock . B. Rudder . c . Reconstruction of boat it gains additional strength from the ...
Page 173
... boat for thirty eight oarsmen found in a burial mound at Sutton Hoo in Suf folk in 1939 ( Pl . 136 ) , which can be dated to about 655 A.D. , was similar in construction . Like the Nydam boat , the strakes are broad and few , but an ...
... boat for thirty eight oarsmen found in a burial mound at Sutton Hoo in Suf folk in 1939 ( Pl . 136 ) , which can be dated to about 655 A.D. , was similar in construction . Like the Nydam boat , the strakes are broad and few , but an ...
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in Economic History in the University of Oxford | 1 |
land and Fen 1417 4 The Moorlands 1819 5 The Monastic | 7 |
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND TOWNPLAN | 37 |
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