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 39
... existed except in his imagination . Hertford was a borough at the time of Domesday . No earthworks remain . WITHAM ( Fig . 4 ) .— There are some remains of a burh here which are very remarkable , as they show an inner enclosure within ...
... existed except in his imagination . Hertford was a borough at the time of Domesday . No earthworks remain . WITHAM ( Fig . 4 ) .— There are some remains of a burh here which are very remarkable , as they show an inner enclosure within ...
Page 47
... existed at least as early as the 13th century , appears to have grown up round the Norman castle , about a mile from the Roman castrum.2 BAKEWELL . The vagueness of the indication in the Chronicle , " nigh to Bakewell , " leaves us in ...
... existed at least as early as the 13th century , appears to have grown up round the Norman castle , about a mile from the Roman castrum.2 BAKEWELL . The vagueness of the indication in the Chronicle , " nigh to Bakewell , " leaves us in ...
Page 49
... existed in Saxon times . But Boley Hill is above the bridge . 3. MILTON , in Kent ( Middeltune ) .- Hæsten the Dane landed at the mouth of the Thames with 80 ships , and wrought a geweorc here in 893. Two places in the neighbourhood of ...
... existed in Saxon times . But Boley Hill is above the bridge . 3. MILTON , in Kent ( Middeltune ) .- Hæsten the Dane landed at the mouth of the Thames with 80 ships , and wrought a geweorc here in 893. Two places in the neighbourhood of ...
Page 50
... 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 Victoria History of Kent , paper on Earthworks by the ...
... 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 Victoria History of Kent , paper on Earthworks by the ...
Page 63
... existed in England , brought full - grown from France , " says Dr Stubbs ; and this statement is not merely supported , but strengthened , by the work of the 1 See Stubbs , Constitutional History , i . , 251 ; Maitland's Domesday Book ...
... existed in England , brought full - grown from France , " says Dr Stubbs ; and this statement is not merely supported , but strengthened , by the work of the 1 See Stubbs , Constitutional History , i . , 251 ; Maitland's Domesday Book ...
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