English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 81
... stands in the late thirteenth and early four- teenth centuries , it is , if we exclude its outworks to north and south , a concentric castle with a difference . The inner ward is quad- R llwyd Moal OUTER BAILEY INNER BAILEY OWell Weir ...
... stands in the late thirteenth and early four- teenth centuries , it is , if we exclude its outworks to north and south , a concentric castle with a difference . The inner ward is quad- R llwyd Moal OUTER BAILEY INNER BAILEY OWell Weir ...
Page 96
... stands opposite on the south , both heavily machicolated . In the centre of each remaining side , to east and west , stands a rectangular tower . The whole castle is surrounded by a broad lake , and the main entrance was originally ...
... stands opposite on the south , both heavily machicolated . In the centre of each remaining side , to east and west , stands a rectangular tower . The whole castle is surrounded by a broad lake , and the main entrance was originally ...
Page 100
... stands , in perfect and inhabited preservation , a very pleasing thirteenth - century example of such a defensible house , in form something between a small rectangular tower keep and such a contemporary civil hall as that at Boothby ...
... stands , in perfect and inhabited preservation , a very pleasing thirteenth - century example of such a defensible house , in form something between a small rectangular tower keep and such a contemporary civil hall as that at Boothby ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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