English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 76
... outer - ring defence . The outer wall is in effect , if the term be preferred , a vast barbican protecting the whole castle . The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those ...
... outer - ring defence . The outer wall is in effect , if the term be preferred , a vast barbican protecting the whole castle . The space between the inner and outer walls is known as the lists , and is quite narrow at least in those ...
Page 85
... outer bailey . This outer bailey still contains , also , at its southern extre- mity , the substantial remains of a gatehouse , built on the usual plan of twin flanking towers one on either side of the entrance passage . At Chepstow ...
... outer bailey . This outer bailey still contains , also , at its southern extre- mity , the substantial remains of a gatehouse , built on the usual plan of twin flanking towers one on either side of the entrance passage . At Chepstow ...
Page 94
... outer bailey after the common fashion of concentric castles . Lastly , it can be seen that the gateway of the inner bailey is placed as far away as possible from the main outer gateway . If , therefore , the latter should fall and the ...
... outer bailey after the common fashion of concentric castles . Lastly , it can be seen that the gateway of the inner bailey is placed as far away as possible from the main outer gateway . If , therefore , the latter should fall and the ...
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