The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... appear as vertical boarding and the well - pitched roofs were probably covered with shingles . The ends of the ... appears disproportionately lofty . The other is that it was probably designed by a Byzantine artist who may have had ...
... appear as vertical boarding and the well - pitched roofs were probably covered with shingles . The ends of the ... appears disproportionately lofty . The other is that it was probably designed by a Byzantine artist who may have had ...
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... appears to have a solid basement , as have all the bastions , that farthest from the entrance having had the ... appear quite inexplicable . There is an early hall attached to it , as at Wolvesey . It is a curious fact that at least four ...
... appears to have a solid basement , as have all the bastions , that farthest from the entrance having had the ... appear quite inexplicable . There is an early hall attached to it , as at Wolvesey . It is a curious fact that at least four ...
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... appear that the keep may have been built to provide a private residence for the castellan . Most of the Nor- man gate - towers appear to belong to the second half of the twelfth century , at the time when " chamber " keeps were coming ...
... appear that the keep may have been built to provide a private residence for the castellan . Most of the Nor- man gate - towers appear to belong to the second half of the twelfth century , at the time when " chamber " keeps were coming ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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