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 40
... bank 1 Danbury Camp , which has also been surveyed by Mr Spurrell ( Essex Naturalist , 1890 ) , is precisely similar in plan to Witham , but nothing is known of its history . 2 See Victoria History of Bedfordshire , i . , 281 . MALDON ...
... bank 1 Danbury Camp , which has also been surveyed by Mr Spurrell ( Essex Naturalist , 1890 ) , is precisely similar in plan to Witham , but nothing is known of its history . 2 See Victoria History of Bedfordshire , i . , 281 . MALDON ...
Page 41
... bank of Edward's borough remains now , but Gough states that it was an oblong camp enclosing about 22 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 ...
... bank of Edward's borough remains now , but Gough states that it was an oblong camp enclosing about 22 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 ...
Page 51
... bank also had a slight platform inside , about 3 feet above the general level . " As Hæsten had lost his ships at Benfleet , there would be no fortified hithe connected with it , and if there had been , the sea would have swept it away ...
... bank also had a slight platform inside , about 3 feet above the general level . " As Hæsten had lost his ships at Benfleet , there would be no fortified hithe connected with it , and if there had been , the sea would have swept it away ...
Page 52
... bank with a broad deep ditch , which was evidently part of a rectangular earthwork , as it runs at right angles to Offa's Dyke , which forms one side of it . It now encloses both the churchyard and vicarage . Whether the Danes con ...
... bank with a broad deep ditch , which was evidently part of a rectangular earthwork , as it runs at right angles to Offa's Dyke , which forms one side of it . It now encloses both the churchyard and vicarage . Whether the Danes con ...
Page 52
... bank with a broad deep ditch , which was evidently part of a rectangular earthwork , as it runs at right angles to Offa's Dyke , which forms one side of it . It now encloses both the churchyard and vicarage . Whether the Danes ...
... bank with a broad deep ditch , which was evidently part of a rectangular earthwork , as it runs at right angles to Offa's Dyke , which forms one side of it . It now encloses both the churchyard and vicarage . Whether the Danes ...
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