The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 17
... usually situated , where possible , on the downhill side of the castle ) could only be approached across a wooden bridge . It will be realised that this structure was outside the defences of the castle enclosure and was thus very liable ...
... usually situated , where possible , on the downhill side of the castle ) could only be approached across a wooden bridge . It will be realised that this structure was outside the defences of the castle enclosure and was thus very liable ...
Page 29
... usually pass straight out through an external wall . There are usually two vents , one on either side of a strip buttress . The windward vent may have been closed during a heavy wind : the lee vent would then be assisted to " draw ...
... usually pass straight out through an external wall . There are usually two vents , one on either side of a strip buttress . The windward vent may have been closed during a heavy wind : the lee vent would then be assisted to " draw ...
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... usually joined to it by a passage having on either side two rooms , one of which was the pantry ( literally " bread ... usually an outer wall next the ditch of the castle . At the lower end of the hall was , of course , the entrance ...
... usually joined to it by a passage having on either side two rooms , one of which was the pantry ( literally " bread ... usually an outer wall next the ditch of the castle . At the lower end of the hall was , of course , the entrance ...
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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