English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 76
... quadrangular in plan , is surrounded by a further wall , often with its own flanking towers , slighter in strength and lower in elevation than the main towered wall which thus covers it by fire - power , and to which it is simply an ...
... quadrangular in plan , is surrounded by a further wall , often with its own flanking towers , slighter in strength and lower in elevation than the main towered wall which thus covers it by fire - power , and to which it is simply an ...
Page 79
... quadrangular plan , and here the walls of the inner ward are strengthened by flanking towers at the four corners only- a single drum tower at the north and south corners , and at the east and west corners twin drum towers defending the ...
... quadrangular plan , and here the walls of the inner ward are strengthened by flanking towers at the four corners only- a single drum tower at the north and south corners , and at the east and west corners twin drum towers defending the ...
Page 103
... quadrangular plan , very often surrounded with a wet moat . This we saw also to be the last logical development of the completely defensible fortress , and in it we can follow , indeed , the gradual decline of the castle as a military ...
... quadrangular plan , very often surrounded with a wet moat . This we saw also to be the last logical development of the completely defensible fortress , and in it we can follow , indeed , the gradual decline of the castle as a military ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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