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At Rochester and Newcastle upon Tyne , on the other hand , when the tower keep was built the old mound was abandoned , and the same practice must often have been followed elsewhere . Where the tower keep does not stand upon a mound it ...
At Rochester and Newcastle upon Tyne , on the other hand , when the tower keep was built the old mound was abandoned , and the same practice must often have been followed elsewhere . Where the tower keep does not stand upon a mound it ...
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1341-5 , also followed the old keep - and- bailey plan ( p . 91 , below ) . A new keep was added to Knaresborough in the fourteenth century , and the remarkable tower - house at Wark- worth ( 66 ) was built upon the original motte of ...
1341-5 , also followed the old keep - and- bailey plan ( p . 91 , below ) . A new keep was added to Knaresborough in the fourteenth century , and the remarkable tower - house at Wark- worth ( 66 ) was built upon the original motte of ...
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is followed by a slack winter period lasting from about October to March , when the labour force is much reduced and the remaining workmen have their wages lowered to correspond with their shorter hours - though as the building nears ...
is followed by a slack winter period lasting from about October to March , when the labour force is much reduced and the remaining workmen have their wages lowered to correspond with their shorter hours - though as the building nears ...
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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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