The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 23
... masonry con- struction had been derived from the Byzantines , who were a long way off for those days . It is true that a fine style of masonry architecture was being developed in Normandy during the eleventh century , pro- ducing a ...
... masonry con- struction had been derived from the Byzantines , who were a long way off for those days . It is true that a fine style of masonry architecture was being developed in Normandy during the eleventh century , pro- ducing a ...
Page 68
... Masonry defences were coming in about 1100 in this country , and by the middle of the century many castles were having their palisades replaced by stone walls . When the great trebuchets were introduced , however , towards the end of ...
... Masonry defences were coming in about 1100 in this country , and by the middle of the century many castles were having their palisades replaced by stone walls . When the great trebuchets were introduced , however , towards the end of ...
Page 86
... masonry additions and embellishments have mostly been effected in their planning by the original form of the timber castle . After the early part of the twelfth century very few new castles were erected except such ephemeral structures ...
... masonry additions and embellishments have mostly been effected in their planning by the original form of the timber castle . After the early part of the twelfth century very few new castles were erected except such ephemeral structures ...
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