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Page 38
... turrets . A keep rather similar to that of Lancaster is to be seen at Carlisle . It is known that this was built by King David of Scotland in 1136. It is not large , much smaller than Lan- caster , but very similar in its simplicity of ...
... turrets . A keep rather similar to that of Lancaster is to be seen at Carlisle . It is known that this was built by King David of Scotland in 1136. It is not large , much smaller than Lan- caster , but very similar in its simplicity of ...
Page 39
... turret , toppled over down the hillside . Fig . 42 shows the angle of the keep rebuilt after this disaster and cracked ... turrets having useful chambers in them . The staircase angle was always the weak point of a square keep , and ...
... turret , toppled over down the hillside . Fig . 42 shows the angle of the keep rebuilt after this disaster and cracked ... turrets having useful chambers in them . The staircase angle was always the weak point of a square keep , and ...
Page 103
... turrets , although the two internal stair- turrets remain flanking the side rooms of the gatehouse . With the development of the courtyard plan , however , these rooms became absorbed in the rest of the range of buildings , and only the ...
... turrets , although the two internal stair- turrets remain flanking the side rooms of the gatehouse . With the development of the courtyard plan , however , these rooms became absorbed in the rest of the range of buildings , and only 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