The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 11
... side the sons ( when they wished it ) and on the other side , the daughters ( because they were obliged ) of the lord of the house used to sleep . In this storey also the watchman and the servants appointed to keep the house took their ...
... side the sons ( when they wished it ) and on the other side , the daughters ( because they were obliged ) of the lord of the house used to sleep . In this storey also the watchman and the servants appointed to keep the house took their ...
Page 79
... side walls . Windows ( larger than usual ) were pierced in the wall looking on to the bailey and , where security permitted , in both sides ( Durham , Ludlow , Warwick ) . These windows were usually of two lights , divided by a mullion ...
... side walls . Windows ( larger than usual ) were pierced in the wall looking on to the bailey and , where security permitted , in both sides ( Durham , Ludlow , Warwick ) . These windows were usually of two lights , divided by a mullion ...
Page 214
... sides . Third ( shorter ) side had very strong gatehouse which magnificently survives , fourth side developed towards field in half hexagon . ( 16 , 52 , 73 , 101 ) . DOVER , Kent 3141 before 1064 , C12 , 13 A DE ' Most luxurious of all ...
... sides . Third ( shorter ) side had very strong gatehouse which magnificently survives , fourth side developed towards field in half hexagon . ( 16 , 52 , 73 , 101 ) . DOVER , Kent 3141 before 1064 , C12 , 13 A DE ' Most luxurious of all ...
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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