English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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... SCALE OF 10 5 O 10 20 30 40 FEET FORE- BUILDING ERNEST AR . RABA H.M. Stationery Office ) FORE = BUILDING BASEMENT PLAN 60 SCALE OF FEET 12TH. Castle Hedingham , Essex , section through keep . Cf. Fig . 22 ( From Royal Commission on ...
... SCALE OF 10 5 O 10 20 30 40 FEET FORE- BUILDING ERNEST AR . RABA H.M. Stationery Office ) FORE = BUILDING BASEMENT PLAN 60 SCALE OF FEET 12TH. Castle Hedingham , Essex , section through keep . Cf. Fig . 22 ( From Royal Commission on ...
Page 83
... scale of a Conway , a Carnarvon or a Beaumaris . Flint ( 30 ) , for example , was constructed on the old keep - and - bailey plan , though exploiting to the full the use of the flanking tower . But chiefly the seven castles described ...
... scale of a Conway , a Carnarvon or a Beaumaris . Flint ( 30 ) , for example , was constructed on the old keep - and - bailey plan , though exploiting to the full the use of the flanking tower . But chiefly the seven castles described ...
Page 92
... scale warfare in which they were involved . The most obvious , simplest and least expensive form of fortified dwelling , on the other hand , was the rectangular tower - house , and by the addition of a courtyard enclosed with a stout ...
... scale warfare in which they were involved . The most obvious , simplest and least expensive form of fortified dwelling , on the other hand , was the rectangular tower - house , and by the addition of a courtyard enclosed with a stout ...
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