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The concentric castle applied the principle of the enclosure adequately fortified by its own towered wall in duplicate ... The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those castles ...
The concentric castle applied the principle of the enclosure adequately fortified by its own towered wall in duplicate ... The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those castles ...
Page 79
the defences proper , the castle itself is roughly quadrangular in plan , the walls of the inner ward having four boldly projecting , cylindrical flanking towers , one at each corner . There is only one main gateway to the inner ward ...
the defences proper , the castle itself is roughly quadrangular in plan , the walls of the inner ward having four boldly projecting , cylindrical flanking towers , one at each corner . There is only one main gateway to the inner ward ...
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wall , surrounded by a moat with a main gate defended by twin towers on the west , and a postern directly opposite on ... exposed all the way to the fire - power of the inner walls , to reach the entrance of the inner bailey from which ...
wall , surrounded by a moat with a main gate defended by twin towers on the west , and a postern directly opposite on ... exposed all the way to the fire - power of the inner walls , to reach the entrance of the inner bailey from which ...
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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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