The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... ram- parts , anything up to sixty feet or so in thickness , had risen round the edge of the enclosure , the space ... ramparts of a small ring - castle of Norman times , however , might actually take up more than one half of the space ...
... ram- parts , anything up to sixty feet or so in thickness , had risen round the edge of the enclosure , the space ... ramparts of a small ring - castle of Norman times , however , might actually take up more than one half of the space ...
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... ramparts , however , a motte could always be added , either on the line of the ramparts or outside them . Some of the mottes in this country may have been added to their castles , but it is difficult to discover if this is the case ...
... ramparts , however , a motte could always be added , either on the line of the ramparts or outside them . Some of the mottes in this country may have been added to their castles , but it is difficult to discover if this is the case ...
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... ramparts . The finest earthwork is possibly that of the little town of Castle Acre in Norfolk , to - day almost yearly shrinking within itself until perhaps one day it , too , will be gone , leaving only those eternal ramparts as its ...
... ramparts . The finest earthwork is possibly that of the little town of Castle Acre in Norfolk , to - day almost yearly shrinking within itself until perhaps one day it , too , will be gone , leaving only those eternal ramparts as its ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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