English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 68
... Beaumaris ( 40 , 71 ) or Flint ( 30 ) . In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , as in all other centuries of the Middle Ages , particular attention was paid to the fortification of the castle gateway , and it is this period which ...
... Beaumaris ( 40 , 71 ) or Flint ( 30 ) . In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , as in all other centuries of the Middle Ages , particular attention was paid to the fortification of the castle gateway , and it is this period which ...
Page 69
... Beaumaris ( 40 ) , Caerphilly ( 43 ) , Carnarvon ( 38 ) and Conway ( 39 ) each have two main entrances , eked out in the case of the last three castles by lesser or postern gates . The multiplication of the gateway , reflecting a new ...
... Beaumaris ( 40 ) , Caerphilly ( 43 ) , Carnarvon ( 38 ) and Conway ( 39 ) each have two main entrances , eked out in the case of the last three castles by lesser or postern gates . The multiplication of the gateway , reflecting a new ...
Page 83
... Beaumaris . Flint ( 30 ) , for example , was constructed on the old keep - and - bailey plan , though exploiting to the full the use of the flanking tower . But chiefly the seven castles described are excep- tional simply because they ...
... Beaumaris . Flint ( 30 ) , for example , was constructed on the old keep - and - bailey plan , though exploiting to the full the use of the flanking tower . But chiefly the seven castles described are excep- tional simply because they ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castle English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kent Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle 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 ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire