The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 19
... called to this day by the name of " Toot Hill , " which means " hill of watching " ; there is a Toot Hill at Pirton in Herts which is an ancient motte . ( The sites of residential castles , as at Down- ton in Wilts and Wymondham in ...
... called to this day by the name of " Toot Hill , " which means " hill of watching " ; there is a Toot Hill at Pirton in Herts which is an ancient motte . ( The sites of residential castles , as at Down- ton in Wilts and Wymondham in ...
Page 27
... called , strictly , the " ground floor . " As , however , the entrance to such structures was nearly always on the first floor , the lower storey became in effect a basement , and will be called so throughout this book , the term ...
... called , strictly , the " ground floor . " As , however , the entrance to such structures was nearly always on the first floor , the lower storey became in effect a basement , and will be called so throughout this book , the term ...
Page 59
... called " knights , " which , of course , in early times meant merely a paid soldier , albeit of such rank that he fought on horseback . In the twelfth century his wages were eightpence a day . The limit of time he was expected to serve ...
... called " knights , " which , of course , in early times meant merely a paid soldier , albeit of such rank that he fought on horseback . In the twelfth century his wages were eightpence a day . The limit of time he was expected to serve ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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