The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 20
... palisades to run smoothly round the sharp angles of a rectangle , and also because at the angles of an earthwork ... palisades had of course to cross the ditch and mount the sides of the motte to join the palisades at its summit or ...
... palisades to run smoothly round the sharp angles of a rectangle , and also because at the angles of an earthwork ... palisades had of course to cross the ditch and mount the sides of the motte to join the palisades at its summit or ...
Page 53
... palisades were well protected by the scarps above which they rose , and it would have been difficult to pile up a fire against them , the entrance gate might have no ditch in front of it , or perhaps almost as bad , a permanent bridge ...
... palisades were well protected by the scarps above which they rose , and it would have been difficult to pile up a fire against them , the entrance gate might have no ditch in front of it , or perhaps almost as bad , a permanent bridge ...
Page 68
... palisades were often replaced by low stone walls , perhaps six to eight feet thick and ten to twenty feet high , with a wall along the top protected by a crenellated parapet , having embrasures or " crenels " every now and again with ...
... palisades were often replaced by low stone walls , perhaps six to eight feet thick and ten to twenty feet high , with a wall along the top protected by a crenellated parapet , having embrasures or " crenels " every now and again with ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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