The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Hugh Braun. Private Stair Fireplace Chapel here CHAMBER 日 Latrines HALL Kitchen here Public Stair Piz Great Stair was at one end of the hall and was approached by an outside staircase . At the opposite end of the hall a doorway led ...
Hugh Braun. Private Stair Fireplace Chapel here CHAMBER 日 Latrines HALL Kitchen here Public Stair Piz Great Stair was at one end of the hall and was approached by an outside staircase . At the opposite end of the hall a doorway led ...
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... staircase from the hall to the roof remains , but the private stair was destroyed when the northern angles of the keep were brought down . The foundations of a huge keep , the third largest in this country , remain at Duffield in ...
... staircase from the hall to the roof remains , but the private stair was destroyed when the northern angles of the keep were brought down . The foundations of a huge keep , the third largest in this country , remain at Duffield in ...
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... stair , which at Orford he balanced with two other similar turrets having useful chambers in them . The staircase angle was always the weak point of a square keep , and Henry's keep at Scarborough has its stair in the middle of a wall ...
... stair , which at Orford he balanced with two other similar turrets having useful chambers in them . The staircase angle was always the weak point of a square keep , and Henry's keep at Scarborough has its stair in the middle of a wall ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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