The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 22A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county. |
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296 to face 336 352 358 Middleham ( William's Hill ) and Northaller- ton ( Castle Hills and Bishops ' Palace ) Castles Pickering and Pickhill , Castles , and Pickering ( Beacon Hill ) . to face 366 Sheriff Hutton and Topcliffe Castles .
296 to face 336 352 358 Middleham ( William's Hill ) and Northaller- ton ( Castle Hills and Bishops ' Palace ) Castles Pickering and Pickhill , Castles , and Pickering ( Beacon Hill ) . to face 366 Sheriff Hutton and Topcliffe Castles .
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KILTON CASTLE.1 By WILLIAM M. I'ANSON . The Kilton Beck , which flows into the North Sea at Skinningrove , rises some five or six miles inland , in a wild and lonely region of moorland 800 to goo feet above sea level , and taking ...
KILTON CASTLE.1 By WILLIAM M. I'ANSON . The Kilton Beck , which flows into the North Sea at Skinningrove , rises some five or six miles inland , in a wild and lonely region of moorland 800 to goo feet above sea level , and taking ...
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comRight opposite the castle , across the ravine , and less than 200 yards distant , picturesque rocks tower above the beck , and are some fifty feet higher than the promontory on which the castle stands . Immediately behind these rocks ...
comRight opposite the castle , across the ravine , and less than 200 yards distant , picturesque rocks tower above the beck , and are some fifty feet higher than the promontory on which the castle stands . Immediately behind these rocks ...
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The site was one which could easily and economically be made practically impregnable , and a castle such as that founded by Pagan could be erected in a very short time . For instance , it is recorded that the erection on Baile Hill ...
The site was one which could easily and economically be made practically impregnable , and a castle such as that founded by Pagan could be erected in a very short time . For instance , it is recorded that the erection on Baile Hill ...
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But the structure he erected may be considered a fair example of the earlier class of castles of the Enceintric or ... So far as the writer is aware , and he has visited every castle between the Trent and the Tweed , Kilton is the ...
But the structure he erected may be considered a fair example of the earlier class of castles of the Enceintric or ... So far as the writer is aware , and he has visited every castle between the Trent and the Tweed , Kilton is the ...
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