The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... face ( see Yett ) . From the corner of the entrance floor a vice gave access to two ( or more ) upper floors which provided living quarters and defensive positions . The first floor was usually occupied by the hall or main living room ...
... face ( see Yett ) . From the corner of the entrance floor a vice gave access to two ( or more ) upper floors which provided living quarters and defensive positions . The first floor was usually occupied by the hall or main living room ...
Page 171
... face of the wall . In later castles access was often through independent wall - towers . STEPHEN ( 1135-1154 ) see also Anarchy . This reign saw the breakdown of royal authority in the face of over - mighty subjects . The land was ...
... face of the wall . In later castles access was often through independent wall - towers . STEPHEN ( 1135-1154 ) see also Anarchy . This reign saw the breakdown of royal authority in the face of over - mighty subjects . The land was ...
Page 190
... face . In a fully developed castle such as Beaumaris or Harlech , the outer curtain would be some 20 ft high , 8 ft thick and some 1,200 ft long . The overtopping inner curtain would naturally be shorter but perhaps 15 ft higher and 2 ...
... face . In a fully developed castle such as Beaumaris or Harlech , the outer curtain would be some 20 ft high , 8 ft thick and some 1,200 ft long . The overtopping inner curtain would naturally be shorter but perhaps 15 ft higher and 2 ...
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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