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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... 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 collapsing ...
... 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 collapsing ...
Page 33
... revetment at the front had been removed by road improvements in the nineteenth century . However , there were traces of a slight turf - capped bank which was probably used for marking out the line of the bailey defences . In the second ...
... revetment at the front had been removed by road improvements in the nineteenth century . However , there were traces of a slight turf - capped bank which was probably used for marking out the line of the bailey defences . In the second ...
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John R. Kenyon. the inner revetment . The third and fourth phases consisted of the heightening of the bank , using the same revetment , although it is probable that some of the timbering would have had to have been replaced over the ...
John R. Kenyon. the inner revetment . The third and fourth phases consisted of the heightening of the bank , using the same revetment , although it is probable that some of the timbering would have had to have been replaced over the ...
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