The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... protected on two sides and a curved quadrant - shaped ditch cut joining these two sides would complete the defences of the place . This plan may be seen at Norham in Northumberland and Barnard in Durham , The same type of plan is met ...
... protected on two sides and a curved quadrant - shaped ditch cut joining these two sides would complete the defences of the place . This plan may be seen at Norham in Northumberland and Barnard in Durham , The same type of plan is met ...
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... protect . For in its origin the castle was essentially a protected residence , with the garrison castle as a later development . The first castle halls were , of course , no different from any other large houses of the period . Only the ...
... protect . For in its origin the castle was essentially a protected residence , with the garrison castle as a later development . The first castle halls were , of course , no different from any other large houses of the period . Only the ...
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... protecting buttress . It is only in late keeps such as Scarborough that vertical flues are found passing upward ... protected by a crenellated parapet . The various floors were connected with the summit of the tower usually by two ...
... protecting buttress . It is only in late keeps such as Scarborough that vertical flues are found passing upward ... protected by a crenellated parapet . The various floors were connected with the summit of the tower usually by two ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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