The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... BATTLEMENT Parapet . see also Crenel , Merlon , Battlements are the distinguishing feature of a castle ( i.e. a fortified residence ) . A licence to crenellate ( q.v. ) was required from at least the reign of John though it was not ...
... BATTLEMENT Parapet . see also Crenel , Merlon , Battlements are the distinguishing feature of a castle ( i.e. a fortified residence ) . A licence to crenellate ( q.v. ) was required from at least the reign of John though it was not ...
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... battlements with looped merlons . ( 51 ) . CRASTER , Northumberland 2519 c . 1400 D + H ( W ) Tower - house or ' pele ' with C18 wing and other Gothic embellishments . Modern battlements . ( 130 ) . CRAYKE , Yorkshire , North Riding ...
... battlements with looped merlons . ( 51 ) . CRASTER , Northumberland 2519 c . 1400 D + H ( W ) Tower - house or ' pele ' with C18 wing and other Gothic embellishments . Modern battlements . ( 130 ) . CRAYKE , Yorkshire , North Riding ...
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... battlements , two halls and chapel . ( 51 , 101 ) . WORMEGAY , Norfolk 6611 C12 ? E + O Village isolated in marsh has its approach commanded by motte - and - bailey castle of unusual size . ( 128 ) . WRAY , Lancashire 3700 1840-7 H ...
... battlements , two halls and chapel . ( 51 , 101 ) . WORMEGAY , Norfolk 6611 C12 ? E + O Village isolated in marsh has its approach commanded by motte - and - bailey castle of unusual size . ( 128 ) . WRAY , Lancashire 3700 1840-7 H ...
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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