The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 69
... perhaps not be able to see the pavement below , and on the floor above that , even if there is a riot going on in the street , you may not be able to see it - without leaning out . Now perhaps you can see the difficulty of the watchman ...
... perhaps not be able to see the pavement below , and on the floor above that , even if there is a riot going on in the street , you may not be able to see it - without leaning out . Now perhaps you can see the difficulty of the watchman ...
Page 76
... perhaps , the chamber . The absence of fireplaces is a noticeable feature of most early stone halls . The usual position for the fire in an early dwelling - house was , of course , the centre of the floor . In the case of a hall raised ...
... perhaps , the chamber . The absence of fireplaces is a noticeable feature of most early stone halls . The usual position for the fire in an early dwelling - house was , of course , the centre of the floor . In the case of a hall raised ...
Page 98
... perhaps at the time of the Black Death of 1350 . At Mileham in Norfolk and Ludgershall in Wiltshire the ramparts of town and castle are all that exist to remind us of the population they once protected . There are many other towns and ...
... perhaps at the time of the Black Death of 1350 . At Mileham in Norfolk and Ludgershall in Wiltshire the ramparts of town and castle are all that exist to remind us of the population they once protected . There are many other towns and ...
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