Medieval FortificationsLeicester University Press, 1990 - 233 pages The author considers the period from the introduction of the castle by the Normans to the accession of the Tudors and adopts a broadly thematic approach. The book provides a synthesis of what has been learnt about the development, form and function of British castles through excavations since 1945. |
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Page 24
... Glamorgan the geology seems to have influenced the distribution of ringworks . For example , in the Vale of Glamorgan , which lies to the south of the drift deposits of the southern limit of glaciation , the shallow layer of soil above ...
... Glamorgan the geology seems to have influenced the distribution of ringworks . For example , in the Vale of Glamorgan , which lies to the south of the drift deposits of the southern limit of glaciation , the shallow layer of soil above ...
Page 26
... Glamorgan , one end of the hill having been fortified in the early Christian period by a bank and ditch ( numbered II ) , dating from the fifth to the seventh century . In the Norman period a new bank and ditch ( I ) were added , bank ...
... Glamorgan , one end of the hill having been fortified in the early Christian period by a bank and ditch ( numbered II ) , dating from the fifth to the seventh century . In the Norman period a new bank and ditch ( I ) were added , bank ...
Page 105
... Glamorgan in the early twelfth century , whilst the sixth and final period of occupation ended with the destruction of the site in the late thirteenth century , or possibly the early fourteenth century ; a hoard of silver pennies of c ...
... Glamorgan in the early twelfth century , whilst the sixth and final period of occupation ended with the destruction of the site in the late thirteenth century , or possibly the early fourteenth century ; a hoard of silver pennies of c ...
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