The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... natural mottes at Belvoir , Pontefract ; of the artificial raising of a natural eminence at Tickhill , Tutbury ; of entirely artificial mottes at York ( two ) . When the motte had reached its full height it generally seems to have been ...
... natural mottes at Belvoir , Pontefract ; of the artificial raising of a natural eminence at Tickhill , Tutbury ; of entirely artificial mottes at York ( two ) . When the motte had reached its full height it generally seems to have been ...
Page 220
... natural motte with outwork along ridge . Deep ditch , fragments of curtain and towers ( C12 ) with tunnel - vaulted remains of C14 range . ( 166 , 195 ) . KENILWORTH , Warwickshire 2875 C12-17 B DE ' One of grandest ruins in England ...
... natural motte with outwork along ridge . Deep ditch , fragments of curtain and towers ( C12 ) with tunnel - vaulted remains of C14 range . ( 166 , 195 ) . KENILWORTH , Warwickshire 2875 C12-17 B DE ' One of grandest ruins in England ...
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... natural site on bank of Wansbeck . Oval enclosure with motte , curtain and ( unique ? ) pentagonal keep ( C13 ) . Curtain and outer bailey ( C12 ) with undefended courtyard beyond . ( 93 , 130 , 166 ) . MIXBURY , Oxfordshire 6033 c ...
... natural site on bank of Wansbeck . Oval enclosure with motte , curtain and ( unique ? ) pentagonal keep ( C13 ) . Curtain and outer bailey ( C12 ) with undefended courtyard beyond . ( 93 , 130 , 166 ) . MIXBURY , Oxfordshire 6033 c ...
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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