English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 79
... castles in Wales , is “ a simple but perfect concentric castle " ( Douglas Simpson ) . Again it follows the logical quadrangular plan , and here the walls of the inner ward are strengthened by flanking towers at the four corners only- a ...
... castles in Wales , is “ a simple but perfect concentric castle " ( Douglas Simpson ) . Again it follows the logical quadrangular plan , and here the walls of the inner ward are strengthened by flanking towers at the four corners only- a ...
Page 127
... castles in Wales , which in- clude among their number some of the finest castles ever raised in this country , taken together form one defensive system and one comprehensive undertaking which is by far the greatest single achievement in ...
... castles in Wales , which in- clude among their number some of the finest castles ever raised in this country , taken together form one defensive system and one comprehensive undertaking which is by far the greatest single achievement in ...
Page 135
... castles as Orford or Château - Gaillard . Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly ...
... castles as Orford or Château - Gaillard . Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castles English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire