The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 72
... GATEHOUSE As the entrance was the weakest part of the castle , its strengthening was a first priority and probably the first part to be rebuilt in stone ( e.g. Lewes , Tickhill ) . Even when the perimeter of palisades was never replaced ...
... GATEHOUSE As the entrance was the weakest part of the castle , its strengthening was a first priority and probably the first part to be rebuilt in stone ( e.g. Lewes , Tickhill ) . Even when the perimeter of palisades was never replaced ...
Page 215
... gatehouse and small wall - tower . Could contain 100 men for assembly ' . ( 130 ) . EWYAS HAROLD , Herefordshire 3828 C11 E O Motte - and - bailey to which shell - keep and gatehouse were added . Remains of earthworks only W of church ...
... gatehouse and small wall - tower . Could contain 100 men for assembly ' . ( 130 ) . EWYAS HAROLD , Herefordshire 3828 C11 E O Motte - and - bailey to which shell - keep and gatehouse were added . Remains of earthworks only W of church ...
Page 223
... gatehouse in one long side . Transitional between Harlech and Bolton . C16-17 modifications but mediaeval remains include : moat , gatehouse , polygonal towers , curtain , domestic range . ( 52 , 68 , 100 , 111 , 131 , 160 , 192 ) ...
... gatehouse in one long side . Transitional between Harlech and Bolton . C16-17 modifications but mediaeval remains include : moat , gatehouse , polygonal towers , curtain , domestic range . ( 52 , 68 , 100 , 111 , 131 , 160 , 192 ) ...
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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