The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 28
... turning their attention to rebuilding their timber houses in stone , it seems to have occurred to them that while they ... turn the building into something resem- bling a tower . The timber building being awkwardly long for this purpose ...
... turning their attention to rebuilding their timber houses in stone , it seems to have occurred to them that while they ... turn the building into something resem- bling a tower . The timber building being awkwardly long for this purpose ...
Page 55
... turn their attention to the better protection of their castle yards with higher stone walls . Let us therefore turn to the reasons for this change of policy . I CHAPTER III LOFTY WALLS " And ever stode the lordes GREAT STONE TOWERS 57.
... turn their attention to the better protection of their castle yards with higher stone walls . Let us therefore turn to the reasons for this change of policy . I CHAPTER III LOFTY WALLS " And ever stode the lordes GREAT STONE TOWERS 57.
Page 63
... turns of string until you have a sort of thick skein joining the two legs . In the middle of this skein insert the end of ... turn . This is the principle of the mangon , which has an arm with its lower end fixed in a very thick skein of ...
... turns of string until you have a sort of thick skein joining the two legs . In the middle of this skein insert the end of ... turn . This is the principle of the mangon , which has an arm with its lower end fixed in a very thick skein of ...
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