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 59
... give a somewhat scanty answer to our question about the nature of Danish fortifications , there are other fields of research ... gives us a glimpse of these arrangements when it speaks of the Danes who owed obedience to Bedford , Derby ...
... give a somewhat scanty answer to our question about the nature of Danish fortifications , there are other fields of research ... gives us a glimpse of these arrangements when it speaks of the Danes who owed obedience to Bedford , Derby ...
Page 82
... gives a much later instance : in 1320 Can Grande caused a great motte to be built near Pavia , and surrounded with a ditch and hedge , in order to build a castle on it . " 1 " These are small well - defended places , the stronghold of ...
... gives a much later instance : in 1320 Can Grande caused a great motte to be built near Pavia , and surrounded with a ditch and hedge , in order to build a castle on it . " 1 " These are small well - defended places , the stronghold of ...
Page 86
... gives directions as to how a castle should be built ; the motte should be placed on a site well defended by nature ; it should have a stockade of squared logs round the top ; the keep on the motte should be furnished with turrets and ...
... gives directions as to how a castle should be built ; the motte should be placed on a site well defended by nature ; it should have a stockade of squared logs round the top ; the keep on the motte should be furnished with turrets and ...
Page 87
... gives us several instructive pictures of motte - castles existing in the 11th century at Dol , Rennes , Dinan , and Bayeux.2 There is considerable variety in these pictures , and something no doubt must be ascribed to fancy ; but all ...
... gives us several instructive pictures of motte - castles existing in the 11th century at Dol , Rennes , Dinan , and Bayeux.2 There is considerable variety in these pictures , and something no doubt must be ascribed to fancy ; but all ...
Page 89
... gives us a minute and most interesting description of the wooden castle of Ardres , built about the year 1117. Arnold , lord of Ardres , built on the motte of Ardres a wooden house , excelling all the houses of Flanders of that period ...
... gives us a minute and most interesting description of the wooden castle of Ardres , built about the year 1117. Arnold , lord of Ardres , built on the motte of Ardres a wooden house , excelling all the houses of Flanders of that period ...
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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