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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... burh , and the innumer- able place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites not a vestige of defensive works remains . We may ...
... burh , and the innumer- able place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites not a vestige of defensive works remains . We may ...
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Ella S. Armitage. [ To face p . 19 . VIRTUTES VRBEM IN GREDIVN TVA hep pama in ona buph sanzad = > FIG . 2. - ANGLO - SAXON MS . OF PRUDENTIUS . n BURH AND URBS 19 fourteen days after Rogations , and.
Ella S. Armitage. [ To face p . 19 . VIRTUTES VRBEM IN GREDIVN TVA hep pama in ona buph sanzad = > FIG . 2. - ANGLO - SAXON MS . OF PRUDENTIUS . n BURH AND URBS 19 fourteen days after Rogations , and.
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... burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country.3 If we wish to multiply proofs that a burh was the same thing as a borough , we can turn to the Anglo- Saxon illustrated manuscripts , and we shall find ...
... burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country.3 If we wish to multiply proofs that a burh was the same thing as a borough , we can turn to the Anglo- Saxon illustrated manuscripts , and we shall find ...
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... burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon castles . It is one of the most extraordinary and inex- plicable things in the history of English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon scholar ...
... burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon castles . It is one of the most extraordinary and inex- plicable things in the history of English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon scholar ...
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... burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French : " munitiones quas Galli castella nuncupant . " The castles which were now introduced into England seem to have been new inventions ...
... burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as something distinctly French : " munitiones quas Galli castella nuncupant . " The castles which were now introduced into England seem to have been new inventions ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch bank borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthen earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existed feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign History houses II.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry medieval 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 stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer