The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... machicolations , rare English yett , battlements and ' murder - holes ' above stairs . ( 130 ) . CAISTER , Norfolk ... machicolated curtain . Gun - ports . ( 13 , 20 , 34 , 54 , 114 , 128 , 150 , 151 , 174 ) . CALLALY , Northumberland ...
... machicolations , rare English yett , battlements and ' murder - holes ' above stairs . ( 130 ) . CAISTER , Norfolk ... machicolated curtain . Gun - ports . ( 13 , 20 , 34 , 54 , 114 , 128 , 150 , 151 , 174 ) . CALLALY , Northumberland ...
Page 213
... machicolated . Yett , looped and vaulted basement , living - rooms with built - in amenities . ( 130 , 146 , 160 , 187 ) . CORBY , Cumberland 4754 C13 or 14 D H Mediaeval pele - tower engulfed in mansion of C17-19 . ( 44 ) . CORFE ...
... machicolated . Yett , looped and vaulted basement , living - rooms with built - in amenities . ( 130 , 146 , 160 , 187 ) . CORBY , Cumberland 4754 C13 or 14 D H Mediaeval pele - tower engulfed in mansion of C17-19 . ( 44 ) . CORFE ...
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... machicolated battlements , two halls and chapel . ( 51 , 101 ) . WORMEGAY , Norfolk 6611 C12 ? E + O Village ... machicolations , towers and turrets everywhere . ( 100 ) . WRAYSHOLME TOWER , Lancashire 3675 late C15 ?, 19 D H Rectangular ...
... machicolated battlements , two halls and chapel . ( 51 , 101 ) . WORMEGAY , Norfolk 6611 C12 ? E + O Village ... machicolations , towers and turrets everywhere . ( 100 ) . WRAYSHOLME TOWER , Lancashire 3675 late C15 ?, 19 D H Rectangular ...
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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