The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 17
... castles . Although many castles originally consisted of enclosures of ditch and rampart , the really typical feature of the Norman castle is the mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which ...
... castles . Although many castles originally consisted of enclosures of ditch and rampart , the really typical feature of the Norman castle is the mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which ...
Page 61
... castle and , although not its owner , was in much the same position as if he had been , occupying the great chamber just like the lord of an ordinary residential castle . The constableship of a castle was a very important position and ...
... castle and , although not its owner , was in much the same position as if he had been , occupying the great chamber just like the lord of an ordinary residential castle . The constableship of a castle was a very important position and ...
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... castle , but at the Beauchamp castle of Elmley in Worcestershire the plan of the collegiate chapel has yet to be recovered by excavation . Easily the majority of castles in this country were originally founded as earth and timber ...
... castle , but at the Beauchamp castle of Elmley in Worcestershire the plan of the collegiate chapel has yet to be recovered by excavation . Easily the majority of castles in this country were originally founded as earth and timber ...
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