The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... mound , not very high , perhaps , but nevertheless an excellent site for the house of a feudal lord . Thus , for the first time in the history of earthwork , the mound was employed as a dwelling- place instead of a tomb . An early ...
... mound , not very high , perhaps , but nevertheless an excellent site for the house of a feudal lord . Thus , for the first time in the history of earthwork , the mound was employed as a dwelling- place instead of a tomb . An early ...
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... mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which crowned them , as at ... mound remains : possibly the finest purely artificial mound of this type to be seen in this country . At Rising ( 24 ) ...
... mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which crowned them , as at ... mound remains : possibly the finest purely artificial mound of this type to be seen in this country . At Rising ( 24 ) ...
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... mound in defensive earthwork , the Normans proceeded to experiment further with it . Most of us have spent an hour or two of a summer holiday in constructing castle mounds on the sands of the seashore . The setting - out circle is ...
... mound in defensive earthwork , the Normans proceeded to experiment further with it . Most of us have spent an hour or two of a summer holiday in constructing castle mounds on the sands of the seashore . The setting - out circle is ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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angle appears arch architecture arrangement bailey base basement beautiful become besiegers building built called castle chamber chapel circular complete consider constructed course curtains defences ditch door early earthwork Edward elaborate engines England English entrance erected example figs fine floor fortified fortress four garrison gate gatehouse give hall hall-keep Henry interesting interior keep king known land late later less lines lofty lord lower mediaeval middle military moat motte mound Norman once original outer palisades passage passed perhaps period possibly probably protected raised ramparts remains rising roof round ruins seems seen shows side siege sometimes square stair staircase stands stone stone walls storey strong structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber to-day tower tower-keeps turn turrets twelfth century upper usually wall-towers walls whole