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 35
... bank have been partially levelled by the encroachments of the farm buildings . The defences of the S. side seem to have consisted of a long natural slope , crowned by a steeper scarp , cut back into the rock , and having traces of a bank ...
... bank have been partially levelled by the encroachments of the farm buildings . The defences of the S. side seem to have consisted of a long natural slope , crowned by a steeper scarp , cut back into the rock , and having traces of a bank ...
Page 36
... bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur . There are traces of another wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old enclosure , does not appear to ...
... bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur . There are traces of another wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old enclosure , does not appear to ...
Page 37
... banks and ditches below the church . Dugdale says " there are certain apparent tokens that the Romans had some station here ; for by digging the ground near the church , there have been discovered foundations of old walls and Roman ...
... banks and ditches below the church . Dugdale says " there are certain apparent tokens that the Romans had some station here ; for by digging the ground near the church , there have been discovered foundations of old walls and Roman ...
Page 38
... bank 6 or 7 feet high , could still be traced in the early part of the 19th century . Eighteen feet of the headland were cut off when the Duke of Bridgewater made his canal in 1773 , and the ditch was obliterated when the railway bridge ...
... bank 6 or 7 feet high , could still be traced in the early part of the 19th century . Eighteen feet of the headland were cut off when the Duke of Bridgewater made his canal in 1773 , and the ditch was obliterated when the railway bridge ...
Page 39
... bank was 26 acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9acres . As far as is at present known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Medieval Military ...
... bank was 26 acres , an enclosure much too large for a castle ; the area of the inner enclosure was 9acres . As far as is at present known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Medieval Military ...
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