The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 32
... once supported this ) ; a chamber and an elaborate series of latrines have been provided in the wall opposite the entrance . The hall had a kitchen contrived at its upper end by splaying off a corner , and the fireplace - later ...
... once supported this ) ; a chamber and an elaborate series of latrines have been provided in the wall opposite the entrance . The hall had a kitchen contrived at its upper end by splaying off a corner , and the fireplace - later ...
Page 99
... once dwelt in lonely Elmley , where old Leland saw the last tower being broken up " to amend Pershore Bridge . " Of the four Salopian castles of Ludlow , Bridgenorth , Redcastle and Hodnet , the first to - day totally eclipses in ...
... once dwelt in lonely Elmley , where old Leland saw the last tower being broken up " to amend Pershore Bridge . " Of the four Salopian castles of Ludlow , Bridgenorth , Redcastle and Hodnet , the first to - day totally eclipses in ...
Page 115
... once more seeks protection , not in walls of stone or battlements , but in steel and concrete . He moves to battle in mobile armour . He seeks to stem the tide of invasion by vast fortified zones . Yet , as in the age of our forefathers ...
... once more seeks protection , not in walls of stone or battlements , but in steel and concrete . He moves to battle in mobile armour . He seeks to stem the tide of invasion by vast fortified zones . Yet , as in the age of our forefathers ...
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