English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 42
... earlier timber fortification . The stockade formerly planted upon the earthen rampart which surrounded the flat summit of the mound was simply replaced by a stone wall . This type of ring wall crowning a mound is known as a shell keep ...
... earlier timber fortification . The stockade formerly planted upon the earthen rampart which surrounded the flat summit of the mound was simply replaced by a stone wall . This type of ring wall crowning a mound is known as a shell keep ...
Page 94
... earlier castles , merely built up against the sheltering outer walls , but are built of a piece with them , and form part and parcel of the compact whole . The same logical , quadrangular plan was followed in two other contemporary ...
... earlier castles , merely built up against the sheltering outer walls , but are built of a piece with them , and form part and parcel of the compact whole . The same logical , quadrangular plan was followed in two other contemporary ...
Page 103
... earlier Maxstoke in Warwickshire ( c . 1345 ) , at Sherburn in Oxfordshire ( c . 1380 ) , at Wingfield in Suffolk ... earlier examples are no longer found , the plentiful windows are open to the world , ornamental chimneys pierce the ...
... earlier Maxstoke in Warwickshire ( c . 1345 ) , at Sherburn in Oxfordshire ( c . 1380 ) , at Wingfield in Suffolk ... earlier examples are no longer found , the plentiful windows are open to the world , ornamental chimneys pierce the ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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