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... figs . 5 , 9 , 10 , 18 , 24 , 38 , 47 , 82 , 84 , 110 , 120 ; Mr. Charles E. Brown , for fig . 15 ; Central Press , for fig . 44 ; the late Mr. Brian C. Clayton , for figs . 26 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 36 , 39 , 45 , 46 , 51 , 52 , 69 , 71 , 72 ...
... figs . 5 , 9 , 10 , 18 , 24 , 38 , 47 , 82 , 84 , 110 , 120 ; Mr. Charles E. Brown , for fig . 15 ; Central Press , for fig . 44 ; the late Mr. Brian C. Clayton , for figs . 26 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 36 , 39 , 45 , 46 , 51 , 52 , 69 , 71 , 72 ...
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... Fig . 13 gives a photograph of a fourteenth - century carving from the little town hall of the castle - town of New Bucken- ham in Norfolk , showing the stone gatehouse breaking the line of the timber palisades . The whole carving is of ...
... Fig . 13 gives a photograph of a fourteenth - century carving from the little town hall of the castle - town of New Bucken- ham in Norfolk , showing the stone gatehouse breaking the line of the timber palisades . The whole carving is of ...
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... Fig . 65. ) We have now come to the stage when the defences of the main wall of the castle were almost impregnable . The wall- tower had been a most important discovery , and the siege of a castle so protected was no light matter . It ...
... Fig . 65. ) We have now come to the stage when the defences of the main wall of the castle were almost impregnable . The wall- tower had been a most important discovery , and the siege of a castle so protected was no light matter . It ...
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