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 49
... Court , near Sittingbourne , and a very small square enclosure called Castle Rough . Neither of these are large enough to have been of any use to a force which came in 80 1 The A.-S. C. speaks of this Danish host as " a great heathen ...
... Court , near Sittingbourne , and a very small square enclosure called Castle Rough . Neither of these are large enough to have been of any use to a force which came in 80 1 The A.-S. C. speaks of this Danish host as " a great heathen ...
Page 50
... Court must belong to the medieval castle which existed there . See Beauties of England and Wales , Kent , p . 698 . Castle Rough is less than an acre in area . 2 Mr Harold Sands , Some Kentish Castles , p . 10 . 3 See the plan in ...
... Court must belong to the medieval castle which existed there . See Beauties of England and Wales , Kent , p . 698 . Castle Rough is less than an acre in area . 2 Mr Harold Sands , Some Kentish Castles , p . 10 . 3 See the plan in ...
Page 75
... court , with a fosse on all sides but the precipices . From personal visitation . • Dunio is subsequently explained by Lambert as motte : " Motam altis- simam sive dunionem eminentem in munitionis signum firmavit . " Lamberti Ardensis ...
... court , with a fosse on all sides but the precipices . From personal visitation . • Dunio is subsequently explained by Lambert as motte : " Motam altis- simam sive dunionem eminentem in munitionis signum firmavit . " Lamberti Ardensis ...
Page 92
... court at the base of the hillock is always called the ballium , bayle , or bailey , a word for which Skeat suggests the Latin baculus , a stick , as a possible though very doubtful ancestor . The wooden wall which sur- rounded this court ...
... court at the base of the hillock is always called the ballium , bayle , or bailey , a word for which Skeat suggests the Latin baculus , a stick , as a possible though very doubtful ancestor . The wooden wall which sur- rounded this court ...
Page 123
... court by a ditch which ( formerly ) separated it from the bailey , looks very suggestive of a previous motte and bailey , such as we might expect the Norman king to have thrown up . The keep is known to have been built by David , king ...
... court by a ditch which ( formerly ) separated it from the bailey , looks very suggestive of a previous motte and bailey , such as we might expect the Norman king to have thrown up . The keep is known to have been built by David , king ...
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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