The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 29
... late keeps such as Scarborough that vertical flues are found passing upward through the walls . As the inhabi- tants of the castle might find themselves con- fined to the tower for a long period , a well was most essential , and ...
... late keeps such as Scarborough that vertical flues are found passing upward through the walls . As the inhabi- tants of the castle might find themselves con- fined to the tower for a long period , a well was most essential , and ...
Page 37
... late hall - keeps are those of Middleham in York- shire ( p . 36 ) and Norham in Northumberland ( 30 ) . These keeps are both much more elaborate than the earlier examples , having vaulted basements and various projections from the ...
... late hall - keeps are those of Middleham in York- shire ( p . 36 ) and Norham in Northumberland ( 30 ) . These keeps are both much more elaborate than the earlier examples , having vaulted basements and various projections from the ...
Page 77
... late - twelfth - century curtain . This demonstrates approximately the early history of the domestic buildings within a castle . First we have the hall - keep of perhaps the end of the reign of Henry I , then we have the lofty curtains ...
... late - twelfth - century curtain . This demonstrates approximately the early history of the domestic buildings within a castle . First we have the hall - keep of perhaps the end of the reign of Henry I , then we have the lofty curtains ...
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