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 168
... century , and there is a tall chimney dating to the fourteenth century at Grosmont , Monmouthshire . The fact that the majority of the remains of chimney pots found on excavations date to the fourteenth century or later may be ...
... century , and there is a tall chimney dating to the fourteenth century at Grosmont , Monmouthshire . The fact that the majority of the remains of chimney pots found on excavations date to the fourteenth century or later may be ...
Page 169
... century . Stone tiles were also used at Sandal in the thirteenth century , although some date to the fifteenth century and may be associated with the works ordered by Richard III , whereas west country slate was found in fourteenth - ...
... century . Stone tiles were also used at Sandal in the thirteenth century , although some date to the fifteenth century and may be associated with the works ordered by Richard III , whereas west country slate was found in fourteenth - ...
Page 187
... fourteenth century , an indication that at several towns the process of walling in stone took many years . The wall was certainly built after the late thirteenth - century circular Polymond Tower which lies at the extreme north - east ...
... fourteenth century , an indication that at several towns the process of walling in stone took many years . The wall was certainly built after the late thirteenth - century circular Polymond Tower which lies at the extreme north - east ...
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