The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... tower - keeps had three floors : a storage base- ment , a hall floor with the entrance in it , and a chamber on the second floor under the roof . Some of the later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At ...
... tower - keeps had three floors : a storage base- ment , a hall floor with the entrance in it , and a chamber on the second floor under the roof . Some of the later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At ...
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... keeps , although he was continually engaged on the royal palaces , and when Newcastle keep was commenced , the work ... tower suggest that the main floor was to have been added above the entrance storey , in which case Dover keep would ...
... keeps , although he was continually engaged on the royal palaces , and when Newcastle keep was commenced , the work ... tower suggest that the main floor was to have been added above the entrance storey , in which case Dover keep would ...
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... keeps . The remarkable feature is the ring of six huge buttresses which surround this lofty tower , making it unique among English keeps . There is only one other round keep of any great size in this country and that is the fine tower ...
... keeps . The remarkable feature is the ring of six huge buttresses which surround this lofty tower , making it unique among English keeps . There is only one other round keep of any great size in this country and that is the fine tower ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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