The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 71
... constructed squat and sturdy to act as platforms for siege engines ) . It is doubtful whether our castles were as a general rule armed with engines , and certainly the solid bastion is very seldom found , the hollow habitable form being ...
... constructed squat and sturdy to act as platforms for siege engines ) . It is doubtful whether our castles were as a general rule armed with engines , and certainly the solid bastion is very seldom found , the hollow habitable form being ...
Page 72
... constructed in the walls of the stone keeps . When stone ring - walls came into use latrines were usually constructed in these so that they could discharge into the ditch , but when the wall - tower came into use the latrines were often ...
... constructed in the walls of the stone keeps . When stone ring - walls came into use latrines were usually constructed in these so that they could discharge into the ditch , but when the wall - tower came into use the latrines were often ...
Page 86
... constructed mov- able timber penthouses could be propelled by means of rollers right up to the walls . Engineers and miners could be esconced in these " cats , " as the creeping engines were called by the soldiery ( who , as to - day ...
... constructed mov- able timber penthouses could be propelled by means of rollers right up to the walls . Engineers and miners could be esconced in these " cats , " as the creeping engines were called by the soldiery ( who , as to - day ...
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