The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 97
... four walls , and no towers were thus required at the other two angles . This economy of wall- towers was a trick of the Scottish military architects , and it is often found that their castles have towers at their opposite angles only ...
... four walls , and no towers were thus required at the other two angles . This economy of wall- towers was a trick of the Scottish military architects , and it is often found that their castles have towers at their opposite angles only ...
Page 99
... four Salopian castles of Ludlow , Bridgenorth , Redcastle and Hodnet , the first to - day totally eclipses in magnificence its three neighbours . Three Midland castles follow : Tutbury , of which a good deal remains , Donington ...
... four Salopian castles of Ludlow , Bridgenorth , Redcastle and Hodnet , the first to - day totally eclipses in magnificence its three neighbours . Three Midland castles follow : Tutbury , of which a good deal remains , Donington ...
Page 107
... four sturdy square angle - towers instead of the array of seven or eight so beloved of the southern castle ... Four years earlier the great stronghold of the Bastille had been built in Paris , and from the pictures remaining of this ...
... four sturdy square angle - towers instead of the array of seven or eight so beloved of the southern castle ... Four years earlier the great stronghold of the Bastille had been built in Paris , and from the pictures remaining of this ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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