The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 19
... motte and thence roll things down its sides upon the heads of those who were trying to dislodge him would find the labour he had expended in constructing it well worth the while . The conical motte was , in fact , a tower , and " towers ...
... motte and thence roll things down its sides upon the heads of those who were trying to dislodge him would find the labour he had expended in constructing it well worth the while . The conical motte was , in fact , a tower , and " towers ...
Page 20
... motte , and is from a Norman - French word , probably not employed until later , referring to a palisaded enclosure . ( Actually , the en- closure was always called the " castle " and the motte the " tower . " ) While the Norman lord ...
... motte , and is from a Norman - French word , probably not employed until later , referring to a palisaded enclosure . ( Actually , the en- closure was always called the " castle " and the motte the " tower . " ) While the Norman lord ...
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... motte castles in England and Wales , and this list must necessarily be incomplete . Possibly the reader may care to investigate the summit of his local motte for traces of a shell - keep . At the very end of the twelfth century a ...
... motte castles in England and Wales , and this list must necessarily be incomplete . Possibly the reader may care to investigate the summit of his local motte for traces of a shell - keep . At the very end of the twelfth century a ...
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CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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