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 12
... Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site , though it is probable that eventually the townsmen were expelled from the rock , and that thus the modern town of Bamborough arose in the levels ...
... Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site , though it is probable that eventually the townsmen were expelled from the rock , and that thus the modern town of Bamborough arose in the levels ...
Page 19
... early chroniclers , who lived when Anglo - Saxon was still a living language , and who must have known what a burh meant , translates it by urbs in nineteen cases out of twenty - six.5 His author- ity alone is sufficient to settle this ...
... early chroniclers , who lived when Anglo - Saxon was still a living language , and who must have known what a burh meant , translates it by urbs in nineteen cases out of twenty - six.5 His author- ity alone is sufficient to settle this ...
Page 31
... first writer to state that the walls of Chester were enlarged by Ethelfleda so as to take in. 268 . 1 Ante , p . 21 . 2 Haverfield , in V. C. H. Worcester , Romano - British Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 ...
... first writer to state that the walls of Chester were enlarged by Ethelfleda so as to take in. 268 . 1 Ante , p . 21 . 2 Haverfield , in V. C. H. Worcester , Romano - British Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 ...
Page 44
... Norman castle stands . Edward's borough was on the south side , the motte ... first walled in by the Danes , as it was one of the Five Boroughs - Stamford ... first mention of a fortress in connection with Nottingham seems to ...
... Norman castle stands . Edward's borough was on the south side , the motte ... first walled in by the Danes , as it was one of the Five Boroughs - Stamford ... first mention of a fortress in connection with Nottingham seems to ...
Page 52
... Normannerne , ii . , 80 . * Beauties of England and Wales , vii . , 246. There is nothing left either at Great or Little Amwell now but fragments of what are supposed to be homestead moats . Royal Commission on Historical Monuments , pp ...
... Normannerne , ii . , 80 . * Beauties of England and Wales , vii . , 246. There is nothing left either at Great or Little Amwell now but fragments of what are supposed to be homestead moats . Royal Commission on Historical Monuments , pp ...
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