The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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... mound , not very high , perhaps , but nevertheless an excellent site for the house of a feudal lord . Thus , for the first time in the history of earthwork , the mound was employed as a dwelling- place instead of a tomb . An early ...
... mound , not very high , perhaps , but nevertheless an excellent site for the house of a feudal lord . Thus , for the first time in the history of earthwork , the mound was employed as a dwelling- place instead of a tomb . An early ...
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... mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which crowned them , as at ... mound remains : possibly the finest purely artificial mound of this type to be seen in this country . At Rising ( 24 ) ...
... mound . Some castle mounds have been almost hidden under the later masonry structures which crowned them , as at ... mound remains : possibly the finest purely artificial mound of this type to be seen in this country . At Rising ( 24 ) ...
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... mound in defensive earthwork , the Normans proceeded to experiment further with it . Most of us have spent an hour or two of a summer holiday in constructing castle mounds on the sands of the seashore . The setting - out circle is ...
... mound in defensive earthwork , the Normans proceeded to experiment further with it . Most of us have spent an hour or two of a summer holiday in constructing castle mounds on the sands of the seashore . The setting - out circle is ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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