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 101
... clay platform , and it differed from the main hall in two respects . First , it was a ground floor hall , and second , its method of construction was radically different . Instead of timbers jointed into sillbeams , its main vertical ...
... clay platform , and it differed from the main hall in two respects . First , it was a ground floor hall , and second , its method of construction was radically different . Instead of timbers jointed into sillbeams , its main vertical ...
Page 168
... clay chimney - pots has come from the outer bailey at Portchester , and although mainly attributed to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , one example was Norman . The inner bailey at Portchester also had clay chimney - pots , the ...
... clay chimney - pots has come from the outer bailey at Portchester , and although mainly attributed to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , one example was Norman . The inner bailey at Portchester also had clay chimney - pots , the ...
Page 187
... clay which was then partly scarped . The waste clay was then used to form a low bank and it was fronted by a stone wall , the foundations of which were set deep in a trench . The exterior of the wall was formed of sandstone ashlar ...
... clay which was then partly scarped . The waste clay was then used to form a low bank and it was fronted by a stone wall , the foundations of which were set deep in a trench . The exterior of the wall was formed of sandstone ashlar ...
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