The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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... tower of Dover . Dover Castle is unique in that it shows combined the two features of the tower- keep and the towered curtain walls which ousted the great towers ; in this case , curiously enough , both erected at the same time . The ...
... tower of Dover . Dover Castle is unique in that it shows combined the two features of the tower- keep and the towered curtain walls which ousted the great towers ; in this case , curiously enough , both erected at the same time . The ...
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... tower , making it unique among English keeps . There is only one other round keep of any great size in this country and that is the fine tower of Pembroke ( 50 ) , built about 1190 by one of the Marshall Earls . It shows the perfect ...
... tower , making it unique among English keeps . There is only one other round keep of any great size in this country and that is the fine tower of Pembroke ( 50 ) , built about 1190 by one of the Marshall Earls . It shows the perfect ...
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... tower gratified by making one of the wall - towers larger than the rest . The fine Marten Tower at Chepstow in Monmouth ( 7 ) is an example of this , and at Barnard Castle in Durham there is a round tower which is sometimes called the ...
... tower gratified by making one of the wall - towers larger than the rest . The fine Marten Tower at Chepstow in Monmouth ( 7 ) is an example of this , and at Barnard Castle in Durham there is a round tower which is sometimes called the ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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