English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 76
... ward . Sited on flat ground by the sea , the castle was entirely surrounded by a wet moat . The inner ward has two en- trances opposite each other on its north and south sides respectively , each defended by a majestic gatehouse . The ...
... ward . Sited on flat ground by the sea , the castle was entirely surrounded by a wet moat . The inner ward has two en- trances opposite each other on its north and south sides respectively , each defended by a majestic gatehouse . The ...
Page 79
... ward having four boldly projecting , cylindrical flanking towers , one at each corner . There is only one main gateway to the inner ward , defended by a great gatehouse very similar to the gatehouses at Beaumaris , and containing , like ...
... ward having four boldly projecting , cylindrical flanking towers , one at each corner . There is only one main gateway to the inner ward , defended by a great gatehouse very similar to the gatehouses at Beaumaris , and containing , like ...
Page 80
... WARD FORM WARD PLATFORM OUTER MIDDLE WARD WEATHERCOCK TOWER ( BRONWIN TOWLR ) GATEWAY a CHAPLI MOAT BARBICAN MOAT ов ALL INNER HALL WARD GATE HOUSE BUT TIME • FANTRY ENTRY FAIRS • TAIRS CELLAR GRANARY OV KITCHENS SLYNGWIKAR HALL MIDDLE WARD ...
... WARD FORM WARD PLATFORM OUTER MIDDLE WARD WEATHERCOCK TOWER ( BRONWIN TOWLR ) GATEWAY a CHAPLI MOAT BARBICAN MOAT ов ALL INNER HALL WARD GATE HOUSE BUT TIME • FANTRY ENTRY FAIRS • TAIRS CELLAR GRANARY OV KITCHENS SLYNGWIKAR HALL MIDDLE WARD ...
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