The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 11
... Harlech ( 1286 ) record the purchase of one oxhide ' for the use of Simon the Artiller ' ( presumably for the sling of a trebuchet ) . Examples of effective use of siege artillery by Henry IV at Alnwick , Berwick , Warkworth ( 1405 ) ...
... Harlech ( 1286 ) record the purchase of one oxhide ' for the use of Simon the Artiller ' ( presumably for the sling of a trebuchet ) . Examples of effective use of siege artillery by Henry IV at Alnwick , Berwick , Warkworth ( 1405 ) ...
Page 54
... Harlech ( 1283-90 ) , Beaumaris ( 1295-1330 ) . Edward I Harlech , Merionethshire 1 Edwardian castles may be classified into three groups : 1. Keepless castles in which the flanked curtain wall forms the sole line of defence e.g. Conway ...
... Harlech ( 1283-90 ) , Beaumaris ( 1295-1330 ) . Edward I Harlech , Merionethshire 1 Edwardian castles may be classified into three groups : 1. Keepless castles in which the flanked curtain wall forms the sole line of defence e.g. Conway ...
Page 116
... Harlech . MERLON The full height of the battlement between two embrasures . In war - time the embrasures or crenels were closed by wooden shutters Harlech , Merionethshire Mews ( q.v. ) which swung from axles fastened to. 116.
... Harlech . MERLON The full height of the battlement between two embrasures . In war - time the embrasures or crenels were closed by wooden shutters Harlech , Merionethshire Mews ( q.v. ) which swung from axles fastened to. 116.
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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