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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... camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round every farmstead in Saxon times , if only as a protection against wolves . The illustrated Saxon manu ...
... camps " which they found in Britain , such as Cissbury . Moreover , it is clear that some kind of enclosure must have existed round every farmstead in Saxon times , if only as a protection against wolves . The illustrated Saxon manu ...
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... camp or of an exceptionally dense population . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 184 . Schmid , Gesetze der Angelsachsen , pp . 176 , 214 , 372. It is not absolutely certain that the burh in these three cases does not mean a town . 6 Schmid ...
... camp or of an exceptionally dense population . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 184 . Schmid , Gesetze der Angelsachsen , pp . 176 , 214 , 372. It is not absolutely certain that the burh in these three cases does not mean a town . 6 Schmid ...
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... camp of refuge , " in that it was intended for the defence of society and not of the individual . It was intended to ... camps of refuge . It seems more likely that this use , of which there are undoubted instances in historic times ...
... camp of refuge , " in that it was intended for the defence of society and not of the individual . It was intended to ... camps of refuge . It seems more likely that this use , of which there are undoubted instances in historic times ...
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... 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 , TOWCESTER ...
... 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 , TOWCESTER ...
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... 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 ; the king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any ...
... 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 ; the king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any ...
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