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From the Byzantines they had learned something of building in stone and how to turn the arch in its most efficiently constructed form with ever - widening rings of " voussoirs " ( as the stones of an arch are called ) .
From the Byzantines they had learned something of building in stone and how to turn the arch in its most efficiently constructed form with ever - widening rings of " voussoirs " ( as the stones of an arch are called ) .
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Later still the chains were attached to the ends of two arms which projected from above the arch of the gate ( the slots for these may often be seen in the walls of our later castle gatehouses ...
Later still the chains were attached to the ends of two arms which projected from above the arch of the gate ( the slots for these may often be seen in the walls of our later castle gatehouses ...
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Hugh Braun. Anme 87 CAERNARVON : Edward I's finest Castle , still the Scene of the Investiture of the Princes of Wales the entrance arch and supporting it on an arch springing.
Hugh Braun. Anme 87 CAERNARVON : Edward I's finest Castle , still the Scene of the Investiture of the Princes of Wales the entrance arch and supporting it on an arch springing.
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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