The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 86
... erected on the summit of the motte at York consisting of a quatrefoil - shaped keep with rather thin walls . This keep appears to have been shortly after copied by Thomas of Lancaster at his motte - less castle of Pontefract , where a ...
... erected on the summit of the motte at York consisting of a quatrefoil - shaped keep with rather thin walls . This keep appears to have been shortly after copied by Thomas of Lancaster at his motte - less castle of Pontefract , where a ...
Page 103
... erected in 1386 . This is one of the very few new fourteenth - century castles to be erected on an old site . The oval Norman mound conse- quently distorts the normal plan somewhat , making the castle an oval version of the ordinary ...
... erected in 1386 . This is one of the very few new fourteenth - century castles to be erected on an old site . The oval Norman mound conse- quently distorts the normal plan somewhat , making the castle an oval version of the ordinary ...
Page 107
... erected at Dudley in Staffordshire consisting of a rectangular tower with large circular towers at the angles ( 119 ) , somewhat resembling in style the great Edwardian gatehouses which were then coming into fashion . In 1348 a similar ...
... erected at Dudley in Staffordshire consisting of a rectangular tower with large circular towers at the angles ( 119 ) , somewhat resembling in style the great Edwardian gatehouses which were then coming into fashion . In 1348 a similar ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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