The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... earthworks in their perfect form , the class ( e ) of the Earthwork Committee's list . They consist , when fully preserved , of an artificial hillock , 20 , 30 , 40 , or in some rare instances 100 feet high . The hillock carried a ...
... earthworks in their perfect form , the class ( e ) of the Earthwork Committee's list . They consist , when fully preserved , of an artificial hillock , 20 , 30 , 40 , or in some rare instances 100 feet high . The hillock carried a ...
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... earthworks in question . Some variations may be noticed . The ditch is not invariably carried all round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ditch separat- ing ...
... earthworks in question . Some variations may be noticed . The ditch is not invariably carried all round the hillock , occasionally it is not continued between the hillock and the court . Sometimes the length of the ditch separat- ing ...
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... earthwork . It differs entirely from the great camps which belong to the tribal period . It was evidently not ... earthworks . 1 In the second place , this type presents a peculiar development of plan , such as we do not expect to ...
... earthwork . It differs entirely from the great camps which belong to the tribal period . It was evidently not ... earthworks . 1 In the second place , this type presents a peculiar development of plan , such as we do not expect to ...
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... earthworks of this latter class was not only suspicious of his neighbours , but was even suspicious of his own garrison . For the hillock in the great majority of cases is so constructed as to be capable of complete isolation , and ...
... earthworks of this latter class was not only suspicious of his neighbours , but was even suspicious of his own garrison . For the hillock in the great majority of cases is so constructed as to be capable of complete isolation , and ...
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... earthworks are castles , in the usual sense of the word ; that is , the private fortified residences of great landowners . It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect ...
... earthworks are castles , in the usual sense of the word ; that is , the private fortified residences of great landowners . It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval 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 stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer