The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 11
... protected by a fencing of barrel staves . Similar provision was made for the queen's arrival at Conway in June 1283 and one of her squires was watering the precious lawn in July . So too in Caernarvon , in time for the royal visit of 12 ...
... protected by a fencing of barrel staves . Similar provision was made for the queen's arrival at Conway in June 1283 and one of her squires was watering the precious lawn in July . So too in Caernarvon , in time for the royal visit of 12 ...
Page 20
... protected by a castle e.g. Durham , Richmond etc. At Monmouth the bridge itself is fortified with a gatehouse equipped with machicolations and a portcullis . At Warkworth , besides protection from the castle itself , there is a plain ...
... protected by a castle e.g. Durham , Richmond etc. At Monmouth the bridge itself is fortified with a gatehouse equipped with machicolations and a portcullis . At Warkworth , besides protection from the castle itself , there is a plain ...
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... protected by a heavy framework of iron on its outer face ( see Yett ) . From the corner of the entrance floor a vice gave access to two ( or more ) upper floors which provided living quarters and defensive positions . The first floor ...
... protected by a heavy framework of iron on its outer face ( see Yett ) . From the corner of the entrance floor a vice gave access to two ( or more ) upper floors which provided living quarters and defensive positions . The first floor ...
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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