The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 27
... latrines , but when ideas of comfort had advanced sufficiently for a private room for women to be provided , it was not long before permanent latrines were constructed in connection with the Chamber part of the house . By the twelfth ...
... latrines , but when ideas of comfort had advanced sufficiently for a private room for women to be provided , it was not long before permanent latrines were constructed in connection with the Chamber part of the house . By the twelfth ...
Page 29
... latrines . Hall and chamber often have fireplaces in their walls , but where there was only one fireplace this was almost invariably in the chamber . Flues from early fireplaces usually pass straight out through an external wall . There ...
... latrines . Hall and chamber often have fireplaces in their walls , but where there was only one fireplace this was almost invariably in the chamber . Flues from early fireplaces usually pass straight out through an external wall . There ...
Page 72
... latrines . The earlier examples , it will be remembered , were constructed in the walls of the stone keeps . When stone ring - walls came into use latrines were usually constructed in these so that they could discharge into the ditch ...
... latrines . The earlier examples , it will be remembered , were constructed in the walls of the stone keeps . When stone ring - walls came into use latrines were usually constructed in these so that they could discharge into the ditch ...
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CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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