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 17
... internal floor , pit 47 in this scheme becoming a latrine or an internal well ( Addyman and Priestley 1977 : 126–32 ) . The total excavation of the castle of Goltho has produced remarkable results . An Anglo - Saxon defended enclosure ...
... internal floor , pit 47 in this scheme becoming a latrine or an internal well ( Addyman and Priestley 1977 : 126–32 ) . The total excavation of the castle of Goltho has produced remarkable results . An Anglo - Saxon defended enclosure ...
Page 26
... internal revetment was a low stone wall ; Hathersage , a ringwork in Derbyshire , also had a masonry revetment ( Hodges 1980 : 28 ) . Whether in wood or stone , the purpose of a revetment was to prevent a bank or mound of earth from ...
... internal revetment was a low stone wall ; Hathersage , a ringwork in Derbyshire , also had a masonry revetment ( Hodges 1980 : 28 ) . Whether in wood or stone , the purpose of a revetment was to prevent a bank or mound of earth from ...
Page 116
... internal features that survived were a line of eight pads for vertical timbers running down the centre of the hall and , on the inside of the east wall , buttresses which were added later to correspond with those on the outside . The ...
... internal features that survived were a line of eight pads for vertical timbers running down the centre of the hall and , on the inside of the east wall , buttresses which were added later to correspond with those on the outside . The ...
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