The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 37
... hall - keeps . Two fine late hall - keeps are those of Middleham in York- shire ( p . 36 ) and Norham in ... keep , apparently of the early thirteenth century , aping the earlier examples even so far as to have the narrow strip buttresses of ...
... hall - keeps . Two fine late hall - keeps are those of Middleham in York- shire ( p . 36 ) and Norham in ... keep , apparently of the early thirteenth century , aping the earlier examples even so far as to have the narrow strip buttresses of ...
Page 38
... keep rather similar to that of Lancaster is to be seen at Carlisle . It is known that this was built by King David ... hall - keeps , and contain chambers in their thickness which are possibly not all yet explored . There is a curious little ...
... keep rather similar to that of Lancaster is to be seen at Carlisle . It is known that this was built by King David ... hall - keeps , and contain chambers in their thickness which are possibly not all yet explored . There is a curious little ...
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... keep of Norwich . At Portchester , where there is a hall - keep that was after- wards converted into a tower - keep , there are remains of a Norman hall and another domestic building , possibly a separate chamber , built up against the ...
... keep of Norwich . At Portchester , where there is a hall - keep that was after- wards converted into a tower - keep , there are remains of a Norman hall and another domestic building , possibly a separate chamber , built up against the ...
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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