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... castle " which we give to the mediaeval fortified houses in this country . Some of the great hill - forts of prehistoric days are to - day called " castles " but this is really incorrect : the castle is essentially a private and not ...
... castle " which we give to the mediaeval fortified houses in this country . Some of the great hill - forts of prehistoric days are to - day called " castles " but this is really incorrect : the castle is essentially a private and not ...
Page 27
... chambers " as they were more often called , are nearly always to be found arranged in the walls of Norman keeps , and unfortunately a nineteenth - century convention among archaeologists has give to them the name of " garderobes .
... chambers " as they were more often called , are nearly always to be found arranged in the walls of Norman keeps , and unfortunately a nineteenth - century convention among archaeologists has give to them the name of " garderobes .
Page 103
The wall - towers , however , remained to the bitter end to give the full flavour of Feudalism to the castle . So , too , does the great gatehouse , although this suffers various necessary modifications . At Boarstall in Buckinghamshire ...
The wall - towers , however , remained to the bitter end to give the full flavour of Feudalism to the castle . So , too , does the great gatehouse , although this suffers various necessary modifications . At Boarstall in Buckinghamshire ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Castle British heritage series |
| Author | Hugh Braun |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | B.T. Batsford, 1943 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 29 Jul 2019 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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