The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... keep , and particularly its basement , was occasionally so used . The keep originates as a defensible residence consisting of a common hall ... Keep , Portchester Keep Entrance significant that there are no keeps in Leicestershire. 93.
... keep , and particularly its basement , was occasionally so used . The keep originates as a defensible residence consisting of a common hall ... Keep , Portchester Keep Entrance significant that there are no keeps in Leicestershire. 93.
Page 94
Frank Bottomley. Keep Entrance significant that there are no keeps in Leicestershire . When stone keeps were raised on an artificial mound ( see motte ) their foundations sometimes penetrated to the virgin soil ( e.g. Skenfrith ) . When ...
Frank Bottomley. Keep Entrance significant that there are no keeps in Leicestershire . When stone keeps were raised on an artificial mound ( see motte ) their foundations sometimes penetrated to the virgin soil ( e.g. Skenfrith ) . When ...
Page 212
... keep of rare octagonal plan ( c.f. Odiham ) , standing to nearly full height on motte , remains of curtain and hall . ( 30 , 39 , 95 , 178 ) . CHILLINGHAM , Northumberland 0625 lc . 1344 B- H ? Characteristic fortress of C14 with square ...
... keep of rare octagonal plan ( c.f. Odiham ) , standing to nearly full height on motte , remains of curtain and hall . ( 30 , 39 , 95 , 178 ) . CHILLINGHAM , Northumberland 0625 lc . 1344 B- H ? Characteristic fortress of C14 with square ...
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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