The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 37
... keeps . An interesting early hall - keep is that at Portchester in Hampshire ( 16 ) . As will be explained later , this keep was afterwards raised to turn it into the loftier " tower " type which eventually supplanted the early " hall " - ...
... keeps . An interesting early hall - keep is that at Portchester in Hampshire ( 16 ) . As will be explained later , this keep was afterwards raised to turn it into the loftier " tower " type which eventually supplanted the early " hall " - ...
Page 38
... keep to live in . Some of the external pilasters are narrow and some broad , and it seems improbable that there were ever turrets except possibly over the staircase angle . The upper part of the keep has been vaulted over in recent ...
... keep to live in . Some of the external pilasters are narrow and some broad , and it seems improbable that there were ever turrets except possibly over the staircase angle . The upper part of the keep has been vaulted over in recent ...
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... keep are splayed off so that it looks like a square keep on the inside of the castle and an octagonal one , like Henry II's experiment at Chilham , on the outside . Unfortunately most of the outer side of this fine keep was battered ...
... keep are splayed off so that it looks like a square keep on the inside of the castle and an octagonal one , like Henry II's experiment at Chilham , on the outside . Unfortunately most of the outer side of this fine keep was battered ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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