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 148
... later changes , but there was evidence for a mortar floor and a stone - lined pit which may have been used for cold storage . A major addition to this end of the kitchen range was made some years later ; although the precise date is not ...
... later changes , but there was evidence for a mortar floor and a stone - lined pit which may have been used for cold storage . A major addition to this end of the kitchen range was made some years later ; although the precise date is not ...
Page 155
... later fourteenth century , and perhaps to serve as side - chapels . The excavation of the interior of the Pleshey chapel produced evidence for a series of tiled floors spanning the early fourteenth to the mid fifteenth century ; in the ...
... later fourteenth century , and perhaps to serve as side - chapels . The excavation of the interior of the Pleshey chapel produced evidence for a series of tiled floors spanning the early fourteenth to the mid fifteenth century ; in the ...
Page 203
... later history of some of the sites which have been excavated , as well as suggesting where future work should best be concentrated . The decline of the castle and castle building is a complicated subject , and one that is inappropriate ...
... later history of some of the sites which have been excavated , as well as suggesting where future work should best be concentrated . The decline of the castle and castle building is a complicated subject , and one that is inappropriate ...
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