The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 86
... moat when springs or neighbouring streams could be diverted into it . Such moated sites had no mound nor ram- parts , the excavated earth being used for bunds or dams to keep the water in the moats . The danger then was that the dam ...
... moat when springs or neighbouring streams could be diverted into it . Such moated sites had no mound nor ram- parts , the excavated earth being used for bunds or dams to keep the water in the moats . The danger then was that the dam ...
Page 99
... moat remains ) . Then three eastern castles : Clare ( a fine motte - and - bailey ) , Rockingham ( still inhabited ) and Kim- bolton ( vanished ) . Lastly comes the Newcastle - under - Lyme , which , like so many of its sister ...
... moat remains ) . Then three eastern castles : Clare ( a fine motte - and - bailey ) , Rockingham ( still inhabited ) and Kim- bolton ( vanished ) . Lastly comes the Newcastle - under - Lyme , which , like so many of its sister ...
Page 108
... moat . Fourteen years later , however , a castle of about the same size was built at Hurstmonceux in Sussex ( 117 ) , which is still almost perfect , having been from time to time restored by its fortunate owners . At Hurstmonceux we ...
... moat . Fourteen years later , however , a castle of about the same size was built at Hurstmonceux in Sussex ( 117 ) , which is still almost perfect , having been from time to time restored by its fortunate owners . At Hurstmonceux we ...
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CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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