English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 25
... timber stockades , and within these were raised those buildings , also of timber , necessary to make the castle habitable . A stockade of stout timber posts , bound together , crowned the ramparts round the bailey and was continued up ...
... timber stockades , and within these were raised those buildings , also of timber , necessary to make the castle habitable . A stockade of stout timber posts , bound together , crowned the ramparts round the bailey and was continued up ...
Page 36
... timber to the castle of stone , in England as on the Continent , was the effect as well as the cause of the adoption during the twelfth century of im- proved methods of siege - craft and more powerful siege - engines . The transition ...
... timber to the castle of stone , in England as on the Continent , was the effect as well as the cause of the adoption during the twelfth century of im- proved methods of siege - craft and more powerful siege - engines . The transition ...
Page 42
... timber fortification . The stockade formerly planted upon the earthen rampart which surrounded the flat summit of the mound was simply replaced by a stone wall . This type of ring wall crowning a mound is known as a shell keep . It was ...
... timber fortification . The stockade formerly planted upon the earthen rampart which surrounded the flat summit of the mound was simply replaced by a stone wall . This type of ring wall crowning a mound is known as a shell keep . It was ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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