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The outer wall is in effect , if the term be preferred , a vast barbican protecting the whole castle . The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those castles built from their ...
The outer wall is in effect , if the term be preferred , a vast barbican protecting the whole castle . The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those castles built from their ...
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This outer bailey still contains , also , at its southern extre- mity , the substantial remains of a gatehouse , built on the usual plan of twin flanking towers one on either side of the entrance passage . At Chepstow , in Monmouthshire ...
This outer bailey still contains , also , at its southern extre- mity , the substantial remains of a gatehouse , built on the usual plan of twin flanking towers one on either side of the entrance passage . At Chepstow , in Monmouthshire ...
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Open walled passage - ways con- nected the outer gates to the inner bailey , and thus pinned down an enemy who should carry those gates and afforded the garrison a last chance of driving him back . At the same time the walled passage- ...
Open walled passage - ways con- nected the outer gates to the inner bailey , and thus pinned down an enemy who should carry those gates and afforded the garrison a last chance of driving him back . At the same time the walled passage- ...
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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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