The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 78
... ( Chepstow , Newark , Spofforth ) . The first halls were usually of timber and probably placed against the walls of bailey to leave its centre free for stores and military activity . There were early stone halls at Richmond ( probably the ...
... ( Chepstow , Newark , Spofforth ) . The first halls were usually of timber and probably placed against the walls of bailey to leave its centre free for stores and military activity . There were early stone halls at Richmond ( probably the ...
Page 169
... Chepstow , one of which was mounted on the roof of the keep . SPUR ( a ) An important accessory of a mounted knight and almost a badge of his status ( c.f. ' winning his spurs ' ) for they were only worn by knights during the Middle ...
... Chepstow , one of which was mounted on the roof of the keep . SPUR ( a ) An important accessory of a mounted knight and almost a badge of his status ( c.f. ' winning his spurs ' ) for they were only worn by knights during the Middle ...
Page 177
... ( Chepstow , Morpeth , Okehampton ) . THICKNESS OF WALLS see also Keeps . Richard III Conversing with Noble Enormous depth of masonry is defence against pounding of petraria ( q.v. ) and assault of ram or bore . Conisbrough curtain is 7 ...
... ( Chepstow , Morpeth , Okehampton ) . THICKNESS OF WALLS see also Keeps . Richard III Conversing with Noble Enormous depth of masonry is defence against pounding of petraria ( q.v. ) and assault of ram or bore . Conisbrough curtain is 7 ...
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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