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As the ditch becomes deeper and the mound grows its summit becomes smaller as it rises more and more rapidly with each spadeful of soil . At last the desired conical shape is attained and the banner affixed to the summit of the ...
As the ditch becomes deeper and the mound grows its summit becomes smaller as it rises more and more rapidly with each spadeful of soil . At last the desired conical shape is attained and the banner affixed to the summit of the ...
Page 51
This king built shell - keeps on the summit of the mottes of several great royal castles . He is known to have constructed them at Hastings in Sussex and Tickhill in Yorkshire , and the example already noted at Arundel was his work .
This king built shell - keeps on the summit of the mottes of several great royal castles . He is known to have constructed them at Hastings in Sussex and Tickhill in Yorkshire , and the example already noted at Arundel was his work .
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Most of the mottes had received by the thirteenth century the stone ring - wall round the summit which gave them the title of " shell - keep . " During the century some of these keeps were embellished by the addition of a little ...
Most of the mottes had received by the thirteenth century the stone ring - wall round the summit which gave them the title of " shell - keep . " During the century some of these keeps were embellished by the addition of a little ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Castle British heritage series |
| Author | Hugh Braun |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | B.T. Batsford, 1943 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 29 Jul 2019 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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