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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... face , while on the outer bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur . There are traces of another wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old ...
... face , while on the outer bank are the footings of a masonry wall extending almost to the point of the spur . There are traces of another wall defending the crest on the N.E. and S .; but the base of the triangle , facing the old ...
Page 36
... CYRICBYRIG AND WEARDBY RIG 37 barons hold outside the city. Old Quarries 500 EDDISBURY , CHESHIRE . 200 300 88 UNIV . OF RAILWAYe Station WITHAM , ESSEX . 90 === FIG . 4 . [ To face p . 36 . FIG . 5. - PLAN OF TOWCESTER ABOUT 1830 .
... CYRICBYRIG AND WEARDBY RIG 37 barons hold outside the city. Old Quarries 500 EDDISBURY , CHESHIRE . 200 300 88 UNIV . OF RAILWAYe Station WITHAM , ESSEX . 90 === FIG . 4 . [ To face p . 36 . FIG . 5. - PLAN OF TOWCESTER ABOUT 1830 .
Page 42
... . - PLAN OF TOWCESTER ABOUT 1830 . [ To face p . 42 . 1772 River AAA ศึกษา To Brackley River Tove to Northampton Old Road To Northampton 10 DD 20 To Tiffield & Rothersthorpe . 30 CHAINS . 8 N. 28 27 Rampart Street . High ་་་ ་་་
... . - PLAN OF TOWCESTER ABOUT 1830 . [ To face p . 42 . 1772 River AAA ศึกษา To Brackley River Tove to Northampton Old Road To Northampton 10 DD 20 To Tiffield & Rothersthorpe . 30 CHAINS . 8 N. 28 27 Rampart Street . High ་་་ ་་་
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... . High ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ Water Mark . 31 Ordinary Tides : A Section of Earthwork . ( after Spurrell . ) 0 10 20 30 40 50 FEET Scale for Section . FIG . 6 . [ To face p . 52 . Railway River Ouse 100 200 300 400 500 Feet .
... . High ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ ་་་ Water Mark . 31 Ordinary Tides : A Section of Earthwork . ( after Spurrell . ) 0 10 20 30 40 50 FEET Scale for Section . FIG . 6 . [ To face p . 52 . Railway River Ouse 100 200 300 400 500 Feet .
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... castrum Harundel means the castle . 4 See ante , p . 28 . 5 Florence of Worcester mentions the castle of Arundel as belonging to Roger de Montgomeri in 1088 , [ To face p . 98 . 200 300 100 98 CASTLES OF THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND.
... castrum Harundel means the castle . 4 See ante , p . 28 . 5 Florence of Worcester mentions the castle of Arundel as belonging to Roger de Montgomeri in 1088 , [ To face p . 98 . 200 300 100 98 CASTLES OF THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND.
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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