English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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... Castle 58 30 Ground plan of Flint 62 31 Ground plan of Château - Gaillard 63 32 Castle Rising , Norfolk 65 33 Framlingham , Suffolk 34 Rampart and crenellation ; hoarding ; machicolation 35 Rockingham , Northamptonshire : the gatehouse ...
... Castle 58 30 Ground plan of Flint 62 31 Ground plan of Château - Gaillard 63 32 Castle Rising , Norfolk 65 33 Framlingham , Suffolk 34 Rampart and crenellation ; hoarding ; machicolation 35 Rockingham , Northamptonshire : the gatehouse ...
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... Castle Rising is quite exceptional . Pilaster buttresses strengthen it at the corners , and these are continued above the line of the roof to form four angle turrets . One or more shallow pilaster buttresses also generally run up the ...
... Castle Rising is quite exceptional . Pilaster buttresses strengthen it at the corners , and these are continued above the line of the roof to form four angle turrets . One or more shallow pilaster buttresses also generally run up the ...
Page 49
... Castle Rising ( 32 ) , Kenilworth and Middleham , and the towers proper whose height is the greatest dimension , like Richmond , Rochester ( 21 ) , Castle Hedingham ( 22 ) or Porchester ( 4 ) . The internal arrangements of the tower ...
... Castle Rising ( 32 ) , Kenilworth and Middleham , and the towers proper whose height is the greatest dimension , like Richmond , Rochester ( 21 ) , Castle Hedingham ( 22 ) or Porchester ( 4 ) . The internal arrangements of the tower ...
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