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 54
... enclose a peninsula . It had several entrances , as the Danes " rushed out from all the gates " on the Anglo- Saxon attack . Such a fort belongs to the simplest and easiest kind of defence , used at all times by a general who is in a ...
... enclose a peninsula . It had several entrances , as the Danes " rushed out from all the gates " on the Anglo- Saxon attack . Such a fort belongs to the simplest and easiest kind of defence , used at all times by a general who is in a ...
Page 75
... enclosed his own dunio with a double ditch . If this were true , we have a clear instance of a motte built in the first half of the 10th century . But Lambert's work was written at the end of the 12th century , with the object of ...
... enclosed his own dunio with a double ditch . If this were true , we have a clear instance of a motte built in the first half of the 10th century . But Lambert's work was written at the end of the 12th century , with the object of ...
Page 92
... enclosed by these peels . The palitium was the stock- ade on the inner bank of the ditch which enclosed the bailey ; but the outer or counterscarp bank had also its special defence , called the hericio , from its bristling nature ...
... enclosed by these peels . The palitium was the stock- ade on the inner bank of the ditch which enclosed the bailey ; but the outer or counterscarp bank had also its special defence , called the hericio , from its bristling nature ...
Page 107
... enclosed on four sides by the narrow streams which intersect the marshes . The dry ditch on the fifth side , facing the motte , is discernible . The castle abuts on the road called The Causeway , which crosses the valley ; it is in a ...
... enclosed on four sides by the narrow streams which intersect the marshes . The dry ditch on the fifth side , facing the motte , is discernible . The castle abuts on the road called The Causeway , which crosses the valley ; it is in a ...
Page 111
... enclosed the site of the keep , was called le Mot - dich ; which should certainly be translated the ditch of the motte , and not , as Seyer translates it , the moat ditch . * Finally , the description of the castle in 1642 by Major Wood ...
... enclosed the site of the keep , was called le Mot - dich ; which should certainly be translated the ditch of the motte , and not , as Seyer translates it , the moat ditch . * Finally , the description of the castle in 1642 by Major Wood ...
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