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 11
... similar method of layering has been postulated for the small motte of Castle Hill , Bakewell , Derbyshire ( Swanton 1972 : 25 ) , and was seen at Great Driffield , Yorkshire , where alternate deposits of gravel , clay and chalk were ...
... similar method of layering has been postulated for the small motte of Castle Hill , Bakewell , Derbyshire ( Swanton 1972 : 25 ) , and was seen at Great Driffield , Yorkshire , where alternate deposits of gravel , clay and chalk were ...
Page 61
... similar arrangements in stone . Before the country house at Castle Acre was converted into a keep , the original timber gateway was replaced by a stone gatetower forming an integral part of the slight ringwork ( figure 2.6 , p.50 ) ...
... similar arrangements in stone . Before the country house at Castle Acre was converted into a keep , the original timber gateway was replaced by a stone gatetower forming an integral part of the slight ringwork ( figure 2.6 , p.50 ) ...
Page 78
... 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 thirteenth century can be ...
... 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 thirteenth century can be ...
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