The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... lines , such as might have been expected , but consisted of short lengths of ditch , each with its corresponding bank , forming a line of what must have looked rather like the bunkers of a very formidable golf course . When these ...
... lines , such as might have been expected , but consisted of short lengths of ditch , each with its corresponding bank , forming a line of what must have looked rather like the bunkers of a very formidable golf course . When these ...
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... lines will curve across from flank to flank making the shape of the site approximately a sector of a circle . Perhaps there is no promontory at all , but the best site which can be found is at the more or less straight edge of a cliff ...
... lines will curve across from flank to flank making the shape of the site approximately a sector of a circle . Perhaps there is no promontory at all , but the best site which can be found is at the more or less straight edge of a cliff ...
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... lines of their marching camps and later , as occupation became complete , these small , feebly pro- tected enclosures gave place to larger , stronger fortresses and fortified towns . There was , however , no place in the orderly mind of ...
... lines of their marching camps and later , as occupation became complete , these small , feebly pro- tected enclosures gave place to larger , stronger fortresses and fortified towns . There was , however , no place in the orderly mind of ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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