The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 53
... seen to - day . Many of our castles which never had their timber palisades replaced in stone were nevertheless strengthened by the addition of stone gatehouses , and the remains of these little towers may often be detected at the ...
... seen to - day . Many of our castles which never had their timber palisades replaced in stone were nevertheless strengthened by the addition of stone gatehouses , and the remains of these little towers may often be detected at the ...
Page 67
... seen a sketch design for a trebuchet , the timbers all carefully drawn and the whole fully annotated . “ Se vus voles faire , " he writes in his quaint Picard dialect , “ le fort engieng con apiele trebucet , prendes ci gard . ” He ...
... seen a sketch design for a trebuchet , the timbers all carefully drawn and the whole fully annotated . “ Se vus voles faire , " he writes in his quaint Picard dialect , “ le fort engieng con apiele trebucet , prendes ci gard . ” He ...
Page 90
... seen in the gatehouse of Bungay . The next development was to abolish the counterpoise on the bridge itself , and to attach to its outer corners chains with which it could be raised by turning a windlass situated in the chamber over the ...
... seen in the gatehouse of Bungay . The next development was to abolish the counterpoise on the bridge itself , and to attach to its outer corners chains with which it could be raised by turning a windlass situated in the chamber over the ...
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