The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 28
... late as 1215 the sheriff of Berkshire summoned in the king's name all the men of his county ' to come without delay to repair the ditch of our castle and town at Wallingford , as they were accustomed to do in times past ' . Besides ...
... late as 1215 the sheriff of Berkshire summoned in the king's name all the men of his county ' to come without delay to repair the ditch of our castle and town at Wallingford , as they were accustomed to do in times past ' . Besides ...
Page 100
... late , nostalgic castles were generally modelled on a simplified ( and cheaper ) version of Beaumaris e.g. Herstmonceux , Kirby Muxloe , Maxstoke , Nunney , Raglan . There were exceptions and some late castles ( e.g. Bodiam , Cooling ...
... late , nostalgic castles were generally modelled on a simplified ( and cheaper ) version of Beaumaris e.g. Herstmonceux , Kirby Muxloe , Maxstoke , Nunney , Raglan . There were exceptions and some late castles ( e.g. Bodiam , Cooling ...
Page 238
... late C13 , chiefly of round keep which unusually is vaulted in all three storeys . ( 25 ) . LLANDOVERY , Carmarthenshire 7634 before 1116 C P Motte - and - bailey beside river . Masonry remains of curtain , tower and gatehouse . ( 25 ) ...
... late C13 , chiefly of round keep which unusually is vaulted in all three storeys . ( 25 ) . LLANDOVERY , Carmarthenshire 7634 before 1116 C P Motte - and - bailey beside river . Masonry remains of curtain , tower and gatehouse . ( 25 ) ...
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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