English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 79
... Caerphilly in Glamorgan ( 37 , 43 ) , the fortress of the greatest subject of the Crown , the Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester . Perhaps the finest of the castles as it is the largest in overall extent , antedating the Edwardian ...
... Caerphilly in Glamorgan ( 37 , 43 ) , the fortress of the greatest subject of the Crown , the Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester . Perhaps the finest of the castles as it is the largest in overall extent , antedating the Edwardian ...
Page 82
... Caerphilly and Kidwelly , built at the outset to the new designs North Loke Coloway DO Inner Moat Outer Bailey or Borbican Cafeway Inner Bailey Horn Work Lake Poslern Holl Screen Outer Scale of feet Coleway C P. H. Del . 43 Caerphilly ...
... Caerphilly and Kidwelly , built at the outset to the new designs North Loke Coloway DO Inner Moat Outer Bailey or Borbican Cafeway Inner Bailey Horn Work Lake Poslern Holl Screen Outer Scale of feet Coleway C P. H. Del . 43 Caerphilly ...
Page 89
... Caerphilly and Kidwelly , were never sur- passed in the years to come , and had indeed no rivals and few succes- sors . Little advance save in detail was made from the principles of fortification worked out in the thirteenth century ...
... Caerphilly and Kidwelly , were never sur- passed in the years to come , and had indeed no rivals and few succes- sors . Little advance save in detail was made from the principles of fortification worked out in the thirteenth century ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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