The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 9
... fortified lines of their marching camps and later , as occupation became complete , these small , feebly pro- tected enclosures gave place to larger , stronger fortresses and fortified towns . There was , however , no place in the ...
... fortified lines of their marching camps and later , as occupation became complete , these small , feebly pro- tected enclosures gave place to larger , stronger fortresses and fortified towns . There was , however , no place in the ...
Page 10
... fortification , which is just what one might have expected of them . Sometimes they even used an existing ... fortified , and that as earthwork engineers the Saxons were practically negligible . ) The original defences of many ...
... fortification , which is just what one might have expected of them . Sometimes they even used an existing ... fortified , and that as earthwork engineers the Saxons were practically negligible . ) The original defences of many ...
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... fortified against his tenants , against his neighbour , possibly even against the king . For the first time in the history of military architecture in Western Europe we find a new type of fortress arising - the private stronghold ...
... fortified against his tenants , against his neighbour , possibly even against the king . For the first time in the history of military architecture in Western Europe we find a new type of fortress arising - the private stronghold ...
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