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18 SCALE OF 10 5 O 10 120 30 40 FEET FORE- BUILDING ERNEST LR . RAMBUA H.M. Stationery Office ) FORE . BUILDING BASEMENT PLAN SCALE OF FEET 12TH CENTURY. Castle Hedingham , Essex , section through keep . Cf. Fig .
18 SCALE OF 10 5 O 10 120 30 40 FEET FORE- BUILDING ERNEST LR . RAMBUA H.M. Stationery Office ) FORE . BUILDING BASEMENT PLAN SCALE OF FEET 12TH CENTURY. Castle Hedingham , Essex , section through keep . Cf. Fig .
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They are partly exceptional , first , in the scale of their magnificence . They are all in Wales , where throughout most of the Middle Ages a more or less chronic state of wars and rumours of wars between the Marcher barons and the ...
They are partly exceptional , first , in the scale of their magnificence . They are all in Wales , where throughout most of the Middle Ages a more or less chronic state of wars and rumours of wars between the Marcher barons and the ...
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Though the cost of any building work must vary in accordance with its scale , the nature of the site , the availability of labour and materials and so on , and though it would be hazardous to assume that the recorded figure of £ 1,413 ...
Though the cost of any building work must vary in accordance with its scale , the nature of the site , the availability of labour and materials and so on , and though it would be hazardous to assume that the recorded figure of £ 1,413 ...
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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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