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 41
... gives a plan of the remains existing in his time , which may either be those of the Roman castrum or of Edward's borough . " The area is stated to be about 35 acres . WIGINGAMERE . - This place is not yet identified , for 1 Morant's ...
... gives a plan of the remains existing in his time , which may either be those of the Roman castrum or of Edward's borough . " The area is stated to be about 35 acres . WIGINGAMERE . - This place is not yet identified , for 1 Morant's ...
Page 42
... gives it some probability is that the Danish army which attacked " the borough at Wigingamere " came from East Anglia as well as Mercia.2 HUNTINGDON . — The borough of Huntingdon was probably first built by the Danes , as it was only ...
... gives it some probability is that the Danish army which attacked " the borough at Wigingamere " came from East Anglia as well as Mercia.2 HUNTINGDON . — The borough of Huntingdon was probably first built by the Danes , as it was only ...
Page 43
... gives us no details of this very important event . CLEDEMUTHAN . — This place is only mentioned in the Abingdon MS . of the Chronicle , but the year 921 is the date given for its building . This date should probably be transposed to 918 ...
... gives us no details of this very important event . CLEDEMUTHAN . — This place is only mentioned in the Abingdon MS . of the Chronicle , but the year 921 is the date given for its building . This date should probably be transposed to 918 ...
Page 51
... give a good idea of the whole . It was a roughly square rampart , with a ditch about 40 feet wide , the ditch having a kind of berm on the inner side . The bank also had a slight platform inside , about 3 feet above the general level ...
... give a good idea of the whole . It was a roughly square rampart , with a ditch about 40 feet wide , the ditch having a kind of berm on the inner side . The bank also had a slight platform inside , about 3 feet above the general level ...
Page 56
... gives us an account of the storming of a fortress of the Northmen at Eu , by King Raoul , in 925 , from which it is clear that as soon as the king's soldiers had got over the vallum , they were masters of the place ; there was no ...
... gives us an account of the storming of a fortress of the Northmen at Eu , by King Raoul , in 925 , from which it is clear that as soon as the king's soldiers had got over the vallum , they were masters of the place ; there was no ...
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