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 39
... rectangular keep is a dominant feature of the Norman period ( Renn 1973 ) , whilst in the thirteenth century many of the main towers built de novo were circular ( Renn 1961 ) ; few were rectangular . Whereas the majority of the greater ...
... rectangular keep is a dominant feature of the Norman period ( Renn 1973 ) , whilst in the thirteenth century many of the main towers built de novo were circular ( Renn 1961 ) ; few were rectangular . Whereas the majority of the greater ...
Page 72
... rectangular towers were built at Framlingham c . 1175 , by Henry II at Orford in the 1160s and Dover in the 1180s , whilst at the Tower of London , the Bell Tower , built in the late twelfth century , is octagonal in plan up to the ...
... rectangular towers were built at Framlingham c . 1175 , by Henry II at Orford in the 1160s and Dover in the 1180s , whilst at the Tower of London , the Bell Tower , built in the late twelfth century , is octagonal in plan up to the ...
Page 136
... rectangular in plan , and its size ( c . 11.5 × 5.5m ) meant that the solar was only fractionally smaller than the hall itself . The discovery of the bases of two columns in the middle of the floor of the new building indicated that ...
... rectangular in plan , and its size ( c . 11.5 × 5.5m ) meant that the solar was only fractionally smaller than the hall itself . The discovery of the bases of two columns in the middle of the floor of the new building indicated that ...
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