The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 54
... gate - tower remaining at Lewes in Sussex ( 102 ) , somewhat overwhelmed by the fine four- M M BQUAN COPTE teenth ... gate . At Exeter , where there was no keep , an enormous gate - tower was built , as large as a tower - keep , but ...
... gate - tower remaining at Lewes in Sussex ( 102 ) , somewhat overwhelmed by the fine four- M M BQUAN COPTE teenth ... gate . At Exeter , where there was no keep , an enormous gate - tower was built , as large as a tower - keep , but ...
Page 86
... gate itself . We have lately been rather neglectful of this most impor- tant feature of the mediaeval castle - its entrance . It will be remembered that the early stone walls had just an archway made in them , such as at Richmond or ...
... gate itself . We have lately been rather neglectful of this most impor- tant feature of the mediaeval castle - its entrance . It will be remembered that the early stone walls had just an archway made in them , such as at Richmond or ...
Page 89
... Gate at Newcastle , built in 1247 and the Constable's Gate or Fiennes Tower at Dover ( 80 ) show this form of entrance . ( The latter has been seriously spoilt by modern additions . ) At Beverstone in Gloucestershire there is a similar ...
... Gate at Newcastle , built in 1247 and the Constable's Gate or Fiennes Tower at Dover ( 80 ) show this form of entrance . ( The latter has been seriously spoilt by modern additions . ) At Beverstone in Gloucestershire there is a similar ...
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