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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... centuries , although some also show occupation in the thirteenth century onwards . The initial construction of some sites may , however , be later than the twelfth century ( King 1972 : 108 ) , and the pottery evidence from the motte at ...
... centuries , although some also show occupation in the thirteenth century onwards . The initial construction of some sites may , however , be later than the twelfth century ( King 1972 : 108 ) , and the pottery evidence from the motte at ...
Page 141
... thirteenth century ) may not have been the first such building associated with the castle , for it seems most unlikely that the original kitchen would have lasted since the foundation of the motte in the middle of the twelfth century ...
... thirteenth century ) may not have been the first such building associated with the castle , for it seems most unlikely that the original kitchen would have lasted since the foundation of the motte in the middle of the twelfth century ...
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... century , although none was found from the excavations of the inner bailey , whose buildings would have contained ... thirteenth centuries , but in the thirteenth century the point behind the heel was gradually replaced by a rowel with ...
... century , although none was found from the excavations of the inner bailey , whose buildings would have contained ... thirteenth centuries , but in the thirteenth century the point behind the heel was gradually replaced by a rowel with ...
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