The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... acres ) it is more probable that the outer enclosure was for cattle , than that the inner one was designed solely for the protection of the king and his court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the ...
... acres ) it is more probable that the outer enclosure was for cattle , than that the inner one was designed solely for the protection of the king and his court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the ...
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... acres , in the midst of which stands the courthouse of the manor of Bromborough . But this manor was given by the Earl of Chester to the monks of St The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox ...
... acres , in the midst of which stands the courthouse of the manor of Bromborough . But this manor was given by the Earl of Chester to the monks of St The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural tower of the 13th century . E. W. Cox ...
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... acres at the outside ; and it is unlikely that it represented Ethelfleda's borough , as the church , which was of pre - Conquest foundation , stood outside its bounds , and we should certainly have expected to find it within . As the ...
... acres at the outside ; and it is unlikely that it represented Ethelfleda's borough , as the church , which was of pre - Conquest foundation , stood outside its bounds , and we should certainly have expected to find it within . As the ...
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... acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9 acres . As far as is at present known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Mediaval Military Architecture ...
... acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9 acres . As far as is at present known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Mediaval Military Architecture ...
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... acres.1 It had rounded corners and a very wide ditch , with a bank on both scarp and counterscarp . Maldon was a borough at Domesday ; the king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any trace of a motte ...
... acres.1 It had rounded corners and a very wide ditch , with a bank on both scarp and counterscarp . Maldon was a borough at Domesday ; the king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any trace of a motte ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer