English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 68
... gatehouse of the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries at Saltwood ( 36 ) , Harlech or Beaumaris , to name but a few - all of which are based fundamentally on the plan of twin flanking towers , though above the level of the gateway ...
... gatehouse of the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries at Saltwood ( 36 ) , Harlech or Beaumaris , to name but a few - all of which are based fundamentally on the plan of twin flanking towers , though above the level of the gateway ...
Page 91
... gatehouse . Elsewhere , northern fortification in the later Middle Ages shows a remarkable conservatism . Etal in Northumberland , for example , which took its present form subsequent to a royal licence granted to Robert Manners in 1341 ...
... gatehouse . Elsewhere , northern fortification in the later Middle Ages shows a remarkable conservatism . Etal in Northumberland , for example , which took its present form subsequent to a royal licence granted to Robert Manners in 1341 ...
Page 208
... gatehouse of , 38 -- keep of , 38 , 49 Richard's Castle , 23 Valturius , Robert , 147 168 , 201 - , chapel of , 38 gatehouse of , 37 tower keep of , 37 , 49 Rochester , 148 , 151-2 , 170- 171 , 201 - siege of , 49 , 62 , 148 , 157 , 159 ...
... gatehouse of , 38 -- keep of , 38 , 49 Richard's Castle , 23 Valturius , Robert , 147 168 , 201 - , chapel of , 38 gatehouse of , 37 tower keep of , 37 , 49 Rochester , 148 , 151-2 , 170- 171 , 201 - siege of , 49 , 62 , 148 , 157 , 159 ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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