The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... seen at Heding- ham in Essex ( 20 ) . This tower is designed on the same lines as that of Rochester , but is much more beautifully finished . It is much smaller than the Kentish example , and instead of the arcaded cross - wall , a ...
... seen at Heding- ham in Essex ( 20 ) . This tower is designed on the same lines as that of Rochester , but is much more beautifully finished . It is much smaller than the Kentish example , and instead of the arcaded cross - wall , a ...
Page 53
... seen to - day . Many of our castles which never had their timber palisades replaced in stone were nevertheless strengthened by the addition of stone gatehouses , and the remains of these little towers may often be detected at the ...
... seen to - day . Many of our castles which never had their timber palisades replaced in stone were nevertheless strengthened by the addition of stone gatehouses , and the remains of these little towers may often be detected at the ...
Page 90
... seen in the gatehouse of Bungay . The next development was to abolish the counterpoise on the bridge itself , and to attach to its outer corners chains with which it could be raised by turning a windlass situated in the chamber over the ...
... seen in the gatehouse of Bungay . The next development was to abolish the counterpoise on the bridge itself , and to attach to its outer corners chains with which it could be raised by turning a windlass situated in the chamber over the ...
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