The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 52
... stands the lonely round tower of Dolbardarn , which seems late in date . An English example of a round keep on a motte once existed at Chartley in Staffordshire , but very little remains of this to - day . One of the most interesting ...
... stands the lonely round tower of Dolbardarn , which seems late in date . An English example of a round keep on a motte once existed at Chartley in Staffordshire , but very little remains of this to - day . One of the most interesting ...
Page 77
... stands . It is in very good condition , having a fine doorway , and apparently precedes in date the lofty keep which was raised over the original gate of the castle . Another early hall built above a cliff is that at Durham . This hall ...
... stands . It is in very good condition , having a fine doorway , and apparently precedes in date the lofty keep which was raised over the original gate of the castle . Another early hall built above a cliff is that at Durham . This hall ...
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Hugh Braun. where the thirteenth - century hall stands in the ditch which once separated the two wards of the castle ( the upper of which may once have been a motte ) . At Kenilworth ( 107 ) the beautiful fifteenth - century hall stands ...
Hugh Braun. where the thirteenth - century hall stands in the ditch which once separated the two wards of the castle ( the upper of which may once have been a motte ) . At Kenilworth ( 107 ) the beautiful fifteenth - century hall stands ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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