English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 31
... side the sons ( when they wished it ) , on the other side the daughters ( because they were obliged ) , of the lord of the house used to sleep . In this storey also the watchmen and the servants appointed to keep the house took their ...
... side the sons ( when they wished it ) , on the other side the daughters ( because they were obliged ) , of the lord of the house used to sleep . In this storey also the watchmen and the servants appointed to keep the house took their ...
Page 79
... side of the castle , facing and aggressively defending the least inaccessible approach . There is no second main ... sides , and on the north and west by the precipitous descent of the rock on which it stood . Lastly , Rhuddlan in ...
... side of the castle , facing and aggressively defending the least inaccessible approach . There is no second main ... sides , and on the north and west by the precipitous descent of the rock on which it stood . Lastly , Rhuddlan in ...
Page 85
... side of the entrance passage . At Chepstow , in Monmouthshire , a new bailey was added at either end of the original ... sides by a moat and on two sides by an outer line of stonework , with a half - moon barbican in front of the gate ...
... side of the entrance passage . At Chepstow , in Monmouthshire , a new bailey was added at either end of the original ... sides by a moat and on two sides by an outer line of stonework , with a half - moon barbican in front of the gate ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castle English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kent Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire