The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 35
... roof remains , but the private stair was destroyed when the northern angles of the keep were brought down . The foundations of a huge keep , the third largest in this country , remain at Duffield in Derbyshire . It had a large hall ...
... roof remains , but the private stair was destroyed when the northern angles of the keep were brought down . The foundations of a huge keep , the third largest in this country , remain at Duffield in Derbyshire . It had a large hall ...
Page 48
... roof was beneath the top of the tower , and at Conisborough a little stone turret was provided at the tower - top to protect the roof . There is quite an imposing round keep at Skenfrith in Monmouthshire , which , together with its ...
... roof was beneath the top of the tower , and at Conisborough a little stone turret was provided at the tower - top to protect the roof . There is quite an imposing round keep at Skenfrith in Monmouthshire , which , together with its ...
Page 71
... roofs of such towers were usually pitched , so that , however strong they were , siege engines could not be mounted on them . It was not until some time later that lead came into general use as a roof covering and enabled flat roofs to ...
... roofs of such towers were usually pitched , so that , however strong they were , siege engines could not be mounted on them . It was not until some time later that lead came into general use as a roof covering and enabled flat roofs to ...
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