The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... Norman castles . The word in Norman - French , derived from the turf of which most mottes were composed . The Latin word was ' dunio ' or ' domgo ' , a corruption of ' dominio ' . In French this became ' donjon ' and in English ...
... Norman castles . The word in Norman - French , derived from the turf of which most mottes were composed . The Latin word was ' dunio ' or ' domgo ' , a corruption of ' dominio ' . In French this became ' donjon ' and in English ...
Page 128
... NORMAN CASTLES Though the Normans introduced the castle and were indefatigable castle - builders ( about 32 between 1066 and 1071 , about 100 by Caister , Norfolk 1086 with countless mottes ) yet there were weaknesses in their basic ...
... NORMAN CASTLES Though the Normans introduced the castle and were indefatigable castle - builders ( about 32 between 1066 and 1071 , about 100 by Caister , Norfolk 1086 with countless mottes ) yet there were weaknesses in their basic ...
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... Norman barons . His chief instruments were two : the mounted knight and the Norman castle . At every stage of the Conquest ' he founded , strengthened , established , placed and built ' his castles , Groom bringing Destrier including ...
... Norman barons . His chief instruments were two : the mounted knight and the Norman castle . At every stage of the Conquest ' he founded , strengthened , established , placed and built ' his castles , Groom bringing Destrier including ...
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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