The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJohn Murray, 1912 - 408 pages Some portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different. |
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Page 44
... Danes , as it was one of the Five Boroughs - Stamford , Leicester , Lincoln , Nottingham , and Derby - which appear to have formed an independent or semi - independent state in middle England . Stamford is a borough in Domesday ...
... Danes , as it was one of the Five Boroughs - Stamford , Leicester , Lincoln , Nottingham , and Derby - which appear to have formed an independent or semi - independent state in middle England . Stamford is a borough in Domesday ...
Page 45
... Danes . Two years later , he evidently felt the necessity of fortifying the Trent itself , for he built another borough on the south side of 1 A.-S. C. , 868 . 2 Shipman's Old Town Wall of Nottingham , pp . 73-75 . The evidence for a ...
... Danes . Two years later , he evidently felt the necessity of fortifying the Trent itself , for he built another borough on the south side of 1 A.-S. C. , 868 . 2 Shipman's Old Town Wall of Nottingham , pp . 73-75 . The evidence for a ...
Page 48
... Danes in England , which are frequently mentioned in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle . It has often been asserted , and with great confidence , that the Danes were the authors of the moated mounds of class ( e ) ; those in Ireland are ...
... Danes in England , which are frequently mentioned in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle . It has often been asserted , and with great confidence , that the Danes were the authors of the moated mounds of class ( e ) ; those in Ireland are ...
Page 49
... Danes in 885 , and they fortified a camp outside . As the artificial mound called Boley Hill is outside the city ... Dane landed at the mouth of the Thames with 80 ships , and wrought a geweorc here in 893. Two places in the ...
... Danes in 885 , and they fortified a camp outside . As the artificial mound called Boley Hill is outside the city ... Dane landed at the mouth of the Thames with 80 ships , and wrought a geweorc here in 893. Two places in the ...
Page 51
... Danes housed in it , that from Milton and that from Appledore , but they had with them their wives and children and cattle . 6. Shoebury ( Fig . 6 ) .— After the storming of the camp at Benfleet by the Saxon forces , the joint armies of ...
... Danes housed in it , that from Milton and that from Appledore , but they had with them their wives and children and cattle . 6. Shoebury ( Fig . 6 ) .— After the storming of the camp at Benfleet by the Saxon forces , the joint armies of ...
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