The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 73
... curtains had , of course , only their wall- walks to give a stance for defenders , and the earliest towers , having no floors , could similarly only be defended from their summits . Not all the early wall - towers , however , were ...
... curtains had , of course , only their wall- walks to give a stance for defenders , and the earliest towers , having no floors , could similarly only be defended from their summits . Not all the early wall - towers , however , were ...
Page 77
... curtain . This demonstrates approximately the early history of the domestic buildings within a castle . First we have the hall - keep of perhaps the end of the reign of Henry I , then we have the lofty curtains of the end of that of ...
... curtain . This demonstrates approximately the early history of the domestic buildings within a castle . First we have the hall - keep of perhaps the end of the reign of Henry I , then we have the lofty curtains of the end of that of ...
Page 86
... curtains and with a circular tower at each angle . Such castles were built at Barnwell in Northamptonshire in 1264 ( 65 ) and at Somerton in Lincolnshire in 1281. The first is almost perfect , but only one tower and the basement of a ...
... curtains and with a circular tower at each angle . Such castles were built at Barnwell in Northamptonshire in 1264 ( 65 ) and at Somerton in Lincolnshire in 1281. The first is almost perfect , but only one tower and the basement of a ...
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