The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 93
... square within ) , Helmsley ( round to field , square within ) , Warkworth ( a C15 tower - house of complex cruciform shape occupying the original motte ) . The tradition of the great tower persisted even when the military value of the ...
... square within ) , Helmsley ( round to field , square within ) , Warkworth ( a C15 tower - house of complex cruciform shape occupying the original motte ) . The tradition of the great tower persisted even when the military value of the ...
Page 216
... Square moated mound with larger bailey to N. ( 104 ) . FORD , Northumberland 9437 lc . 1338 C H / O Nucleus of C14 castle , unusual as square towers seem to have been only masonry buildings within curtain . Largest tower ( of five ...
... Square moated mound with larger bailey to N. ( 104 ) . FORD , Northumberland 9437 lc . 1338 C H / O Nucleus of C14 castle , unusual as square towers seem to have been only masonry buildings within curtain . Largest tower ( of five ...
Page 241
... square curtain wall with small square tower in NW angle . ( 133 ) . CAIRNBULG , Aberdeenshire 0163 c . 1260 , C14 , 16 , 19 C H Comyn stronghold , destroyed by Bruce , rebuilt by Fraser . In spite of considerable rebuilding there are ...
... square curtain wall with small square tower in NW angle . ( 133 ) . CAIRNBULG , Aberdeenshire 0163 c . 1260 , C14 , 16 , 19 C H Comyn stronghold , destroyed by Bruce , rebuilt by Fraser . In spite of considerable rebuilding there are ...
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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