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... and by a deep ditch round its base — the soil from the ditch being used for the raising of the mound and also for the construction of the counter- scarp or earthen rampart on the outer circumference of the 24.
... and by a deep ditch round its base — the soil from the ditch being used for the raising of the mound and also for the construction of the counter- scarp or earthen rampart on the outer circumference of the 24.
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scarp or earthen rampart on the outer circumference of the ditch itself . At the foot of the mound , but separated from it by its ditch , lay the bailey , a simple enclosure marked out and defended by its own earthen rampart and deep ...
scarp or earthen rampart on the outer circumference of the ditch itself . At the foot of the mound , but separated from it by its ditch , lay the bailey , a simple enclosure marked out and defended by its own earthen rampart and deep ...
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For it is the custom of the nobles of that region , who spend their time for the most part in private war , in order to defend themselves from their enemies , to make a hill of earth as high as they can , and encircle it with a ditch as ...
For it is the custom of the nobles of that region , who spend their time for the most part in private war , in order to defend themselves from their enemies , to make a hill of earth as high as they can , and encircle it with a ditch as ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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