The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 40
Page 17
... later masonry structures which crowned them , as at Cockermouth ( 10 ) or Framlingham ( 56 ) . Some such castles have been later destroyed , so that only their mounds remain as relics of their former glory . Only the foundations remain ...
... later masonry structures which crowned them , as at Cockermouth ( 10 ) or Framlingham ( 56 ) . Some such castles have been later destroyed , so that only their mounds remain as relics of their former glory . Only the foundations remain ...
Page 38
... later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At Bramber in Sussex a lofty tower of this type was erected beside the gate of the old Braose stronghold , the earlier motte being too remote for the proper ...
... later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At Bramber in Sussex a lofty tower of this type was erected beside the gate of the old Braose stronghold , the earlier motte being too remote for the proper ...
Page 83
... later , an inner porch was usually formed by cutting off the end of the hall by a wooden screen , having in it two doors for the entrance and exit of servants carrying food to the rows of tables in the hall beyond and the high table on ...
... later , an inner porch was usually formed by cutting off the end of the hall by a wooden screen , having in it two doors for the entrance and exit of servants carrying food to the rows of tables in the hall beyond and the high table on ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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