The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 23
... stone houses in England , practically all buildings being of timber construction . The Normans came from a country which had no stone architecture of its own at the time ( although a very fine timber technique ) , and what little they ...
... stone houses in England , practically all buildings being of timber construction . The Normans came from a country which had no stone architecture of its own at the time ( although a very fine timber technique ) , and what little they ...
Page 68
... stone walls . Some castles had an additional defence at the outer edge of the ditch . A solid palisade would not have done in this position as it would have given cover to the besiegers , so some kind of " zareba " was often constructed ...
... stone walls . Some castles had an additional defence at the outer edge of the ditch . A solid palisade would not have done in this position as it would have given cover to the besiegers , so some kind of " zareba " was often constructed ...
Page 78
... stone they probably in many cases retained their original timber pillars . Possibly even some of the new halls , while having stone external walls , still kept to the old timber - posted construction for their interiors . The Normans of ...
... stone they probably in many cases retained their original timber pillars . Possibly even some of the new halls , while having stone external walls , still kept to the old timber - posted construction for their interiors . The Normans of ...
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