English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 49
... Dover the height is less than either the length or breadth , and we can in fact broadly distinguish between keeps of ... Dover ( 24 ) and Appleby ( 23 ) and from a cross - section and plans of the rather earlier tower at Hedingham ( 18 ...
... Dover the height is less than either the length or breadth , and we can in fact broadly distinguish between keeps of ... Dover ( 24 ) and Appleby ( 23 ) and from a cross - section and plans of the rather earlier tower at Hedingham ( 18 ...
Page 67
... Dover provides one of the earliest surviving examples of their systematic and scientific employment ( 83 ) . Henry's work at Dover belongs to the last quarter of the twelfth century , and there is a markedly close resemblance between ...
... Dover provides one of the earliest surviving examples of their systematic and scientific employment ( 83 ) . Henry's work at Dover belongs to the last quarter of the twelfth century , and there is a markedly close resemblance between ...
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... Dover from at least the earliest days of the Norman Con- quest , but the new work carried out chiefly under Henry II ... Dover we are told once or twice of " the work of the wall round the castle " , i.e. the bailey wall , and over and ...
... Dover from at least the earliest days of the Norman Con- quest , but the new work carried out chiefly under Henry II ... Dover we are told once or twice of " the work of the wall round the castle " , i.e. the bailey wall , and over and ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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