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... are rare examples of an uncommon alternative arrangement , whereby the shell wall , in- stead of being built round the summit of the motte , is built round its base , and is then carried up as a revetment to the whole mound .
... are rare examples of an uncommon alternative arrangement , whereby the shell wall , in- stead of being built round the summit of the motte , is built round its base , and is then carried up as a revetment to the whole mound .
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Orford keep , raised by Henry II between 1165 and 1173 , is cylindrical inside but polygonal outside , the whole being strengthened and supported by three great buttress towers built against every fifth outer face ( 25 ) .
Orford keep , raised by Henry II between 1165 and 1173 , is cylindrical inside but polygonal outside , the whole being strengthened and supported by three great buttress towers built against every fifth outer face ( 25 ) .
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Windsor ( 93 ) , for example , was thus " converted " in the reign of Henry II , whose work there included the building of a new shell keep upon the mound , a new royal lodging built in stone within the upper bailey , and the en- ...
Windsor ( 93 ) , for example , was thus " converted " in the reign of Henry II , whose work there included the building of a new shell keep upon the mound , a new royal lodging built in stone within the upper bailey , and the en- ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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| Title | English Medieval Castles |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Publisher | Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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