The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... tower - keeps had three floors : a storage base- ment , a hall floor with the entrance in it , and a chamber on the second floor under the roof . Some of the later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At ...
... tower - keeps had three floors : a storage base- ment , a hall floor with the entrance in it , and a chamber on the second floor under the roof . Some of the later keeps , however , go in for the luxury of a separate entrance floor . At ...
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... tower he produced . Newcastle keep was completed in 1177 , and in 1181 , Maurice the Mason , now Maurice the Engineer ( the mediaeval equivalent of architect ) was commissioned to begin the largest of all the tower - keeps and the ...
... tower he produced . Newcastle keep was completed in 1177 , and in 1181 , Maurice the Mason , now Maurice the Engineer ( the mediaeval equivalent of architect ) was commissioned to begin the largest of all the tower - keeps and the ...
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... keeps . The remarkable feature is the ring of six huge buttresses which surround this lofty 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 ...
... keeps . The remarkable feature is the ring of six huge buttresses which surround this lofty 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 ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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