The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
Page 30
... arch in its most efficiently constructed form with ever - widening rings of " voussoirs " ( as the stones of an arch are called ) . These they proceeded to embellish with the skill of generations of woodcarvers , the primitive " chip ...
... arch in its most efficiently constructed form with ever - widening rings of " voussoirs " ( as the stones of an arch are called ) . These they proceeded to embellish with the skill of generations of woodcarvers , the primitive " chip ...
Page 54
... arch cut through the wall . The castle had no keep , however , so the wall over this great arch was raised and a tower built round it to form one of the most impressive of our tower - keeps . This alteration was made after the early ...
... arch cut through the wall . The castle had no keep , however , so the wall over this great arch was raised and a tower built round it to form one of the most impressive of our tower - keeps . This alteration was made after the early ...
Page 90
... arch of the gate ( the slots for these may often be seen in the walls of our later castle gatehouses , as at Hurstmonceux in Sussex ( 91 ) ) . These arms were the projecting sides of a strong door which was pivoted above the entrance arch ...
... arch of the gate ( the slots for these may often be seen in the walls of our later castle gatehouses , as at Hurstmonceux in Sussex ( 91 ) ) . These arms were the projecting sides of a strong door which was pivoted above the entrance arch ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arch architects architecture bailey barbican basement Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris beautiful besiegers Bishop's Waltham built Caerphilly castellan castle halls CASTLE RISING castle-builders chapel Chilham circular clerestory constructed crenellated cross-wall defences ditch domestic buildings Dover early Norman earthwork Edward Edwardian elaborate enclosure engines England English castle entrance passage erected example feudal figs fireplace forebuilding fortress fourteenth century gallery garrison gate gatehouse hall and chamber hall-keep Henry HEREFORDSHIRE interior Kidwelly king later latrines lord main floor masonry MAXSTOKE mediaeval middle military moat MONMOUTHSHIRE motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castles Norman castle Orford outer palisades Portchester possibly protected ramparts remains Rochester roof round keep royal castles ruins Saxon scarps seems seen shell-keep Shropshire side siege stair staircase stone walls storey stronghold structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber castle to-day tower Tower of London tower-keeps trebuchet twelfth century upper usually wall-towers WARWICKSHIRE Yorkshire