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 65
... gatehouse can be seen at a few castles where the towers themselves take the form of solid rounded buttresses as opposed to towers with chambers . This was the type of gate built in the late twelfth century at the de Warenne castle of ...
... gatehouse can be seen at a few castles where the towers themselves take the form of solid rounded buttresses as opposed to towers with chambers . This was the type of gate built in the late twelfth century at the de Warenne castle of ...
Page 68
... gatehouse at Banbury Castle , Oxfordshire ( Rodwell 1976 ) . The castle was rebuilt in concentric form , with a pentagonal inner ward , and as such had been assigned to the late thirteenth century , or even the early fourteenth century ...
... gatehouse at Banbury Castle , Oxfordshire ( Rodwell 1976 ) . The castle was rebuilt in concentric form , with a pentagonal inner ward , and as such had been assigned to the late thirteenth century , or even the early fourteenth century ...
Page 71
... gatehouse at Bodiam in Sussex and the half - hexagonal Great Gate of Raglan , Monmouthshire . However , the late fourteenth - century new entrance to Carisbrooke serves as a reminder that the gatehouse with twin rounded towers was not ...
... gatehouse at Bodiam in Sussex and the half - hexagonal Great Gate of Raglan , Monmouthshire . However , the late fourteenth - century new entrance to Carisbrooke serves as a reminder that the gatehouse with twin rounded towers was not ...
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