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 74
... inner and outer wards stood a gatehouse , whilst at all the others there was a mural tower . However , excavations in the area between the inner and outer southern mural towers have shown that the plan of the castle as we know it today ...
... inner and outer wards stood a gatehouse , whilst at all the others there was a mural tower . However , excavations in the area between the inner and outer southern mural towers have shown that the plan of the castle as we know it today ...
Page 78
... inner bailey , and a similar enclosure , but with a powerful mural tower , was added at the west end of Chepstow in the first half of the following century . The remains of a large D - shaped or half - moon structure of the later ...
... inner bailey , and a similar enclosure , but with a powerful mural tower , was added at the west end of Chepstow in the first half of the following century . The remains of a large D - shaped or half - moon structure of the later ...
Page 205
... inner and outer gatehouses , were repaired , and the outer ward became a formal garden . Very little of Perrot's sixteenth - century work within the inner ward has survived above ground , presumably as a result of demolition following ...
... inner and outer gatehouses , were repaired , and the outer ward became a formal garden . Very little of Perrot's sixteenth - century work within the inner ward has survived above ground , presumably as a result of demolition following ...
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