The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 55
... walls and high round towers . These high walls blanketed the keep and minimised its utility , hence its disappearance at this time . On the other hand , one can still sometimes ... WALLS " And ever stode the lordes GREAT STONE TOWERS 57.
... walls and high round towers . These high walls blanketed the keep and minimised its utility , hence its disappearance at this time . On the other hand , one can still sometimes ... WALLS " And ever stode the lordes GREAT STONE TOWERS 57.
Page 68
... stone walls , perhaps six to eight feet thick and ten to twenty feet high , with a wall along the top protected by a crenellated parapet , having embrasures or " crenels " every now and again with solid " merlons " between each ...
... stone walls , perhaps six to eight feet thick and ten to twenty feet high , with a wall along the top protected by a crenellated parapet , having embrasures or " crenels " every now and again with solid " merlons " between each ...
Page 98
... stone walls . From earliest Norman days our towns had been fortified with earth and timber defences similar to those of the castles . As with the castles , most of these have been obliterated by the later stone walls , but in some ...
... stone walls . From earliest Norman days our towns had been fortified with earth and timber defences similar to those of the castles . As with the castles , most of these have been obliterated by the later stone walls , but in some ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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