The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 62
... besiegers to do all they could to get into the castle , the garrison meanwhile sitting tight and trusting in their defences , repelling , of course , such attempts as might be made by the besiegers to carry the place by storm or by ...
... besiegers to do all they could to get into the castle , the garrison meanwhile sitting tight and trusting in their defences , repelling , of course , such attempts as might be made by the besiegers to carry the place by storm or by ...
Page 86
... besiegers constructed a high framework tower called a " bear " upon which were perched archers to shoot into the castle in an attempt to pick off the engineers working the catapults by which , however , the great bear was eventually ...
... besiegers constructed a high framework tower called a " bear " upon which were perched archers to shoot into the castle in an attempt to pick off the engineers working the catapults by which , however , the great bear was eventually ...
Page 86
... besiegers could be kept well away from the walls . The most notable change of face of the castle - builders of the ... besieger and the water drained away , leaving the castle defence- less . Some castles , such as Kenilworth and ...
... besiegers could be kept well away from the walls . The most notable change of face of the castle - builders of the ... besieger and the water drained away , leaving the castle defence- less . Some castles , such as Kenilworth and ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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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