The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... timber technique ) , and what little they had been able to learn about masonry con- struction had been derived from ... timber , for his ancestors had lived in wooden halls and his knowledge of timber construction was probably unequalled ...
... timber technique ) , and what little they had been able to learn about masonry con- struction had been derived from ... timber , for his ancestors had lived in wooden halls and his knowledge of timber construction was probably unequalled ...
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Hugh Braun. has lived in a timber house knows how it is apt to twist and flop if it is insufficiently braced . It seems possible that the classical principle may have reached the timber builders of Normandy about the time when the first ...
Hugh Braun. has lived in a timber house knows how it is apt to twist and flop if it is insufficiently braced . It seems possible that the classical principle may have reached the timber builders of Normandy about the time when the first ...
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... timber house surrounded by a timber defence . Then came the stone defensible house still surrounded by a timber palisade . The palisade being replaced by defensible stone walls , the house could then be of timber . When the walls were ...
... timber house surrounded by a timber defence . Then came the stone defensible house still surrounded by a timber palisade . The palisade being replaced by defensible stone walls , the house could then be of timber . When the walls were ...
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