The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... Aberdeenshire 7637 c . 1400 , C17 CH Nucleus in tower - house paid for by Percy ransom . Developed into what has been called ' crowning glory of Scottish baronial architecture ' . ( 1 ) . GARLIESTON , Wigtownshire 4746 C15-16 C- O ? In ...
... Aberdeenshire 7637 c . 1400 , C17 CH Nucleus in tower - house paid for by Percy ransom . Developed into what has been called ' crowning glory of Scottish baronial architecture ' . ( 1 ) . GARLIESTON , Wigtownshire 4746 C15-16 C- O ? In ...
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... Aberdeenshire 5339 1600 B DE Gordon castle replacing mediaeval one at Strathbogie nearby . Site has been described as ' an epitome of the development of Scottish castles from the earliest Norman fortress to the palace of the 17th ...
... Aberdeenshire 5339 1600 B DE Gordon castle replacing mediaeval one at Strathbogie nearby . Site has been described as ' an epitome of the development of Scottish castles from the earliest Norman fortress to the palace of the 17th ...
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... Aberdeenshire 7625 Two castles : Harthill ( 1601 ) ruined Z - plan with barmkin . CO Westhall ( C16 ) occupied L - plan . ( 1 ) CH PEEBLES , Peebles 2540 C12 E O Site of Norman castle at junction of Tweed and Eddleston Water , motte now ...
... Aberdeenshire 7625 Two castles : Harthill ( 1601 ) ruined Z - plan with barmkin . CO Westhall ( C16 ) occupied L - plan . ( 1 ) CH PEEBLES , Peebles 2540 C12 E O Site of Norman castle at junction of Tweed and Eddleston Water , motte now ...
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Aberdeenshire Alnwick assault Bamburgh barbican barmkin baronial basement battlements Beaumaris besiegers built C12 E O Caernarvon Caerphilly chamber chapel Chepstow church Conisbrough constable Conway crenellated crossbow defence ditch domestic buildings Dover Durham earthworks Edward enclosure engines England entrance examples fireplace flanking floor forebuilding fortified manor-house fragments ft high garrison gate gatehouse ground hall Harlech Henry Henry III Herefordshire inner bailey Invernesshire keep Kenilworth Kidwelly kitchen knights L-plan later London Tower loops lord machicolated manor masonry mediaeval moat motte motte-and-bailey mound mural murder-holes Newcastle Norman North Riding Northumberland original outer bailey palisade parapet pele pele-tower Pontefract Portchester portcullis postern prison protected rectangular remains of curtain ring-work Rochester roof royal castles ruins Scottish shell-keep siege sometimes square stair stone storeys Substantial remains survives timber tower tower-house town walls turrets usually vaulted wall-towers wall-walk Warkworth Warwick wooden Yorkshire