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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... means always the case , as a weak site , such as Witham , for example , was sometimes rendered defensible by works ... mean to build in wood , 1 does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the square or oblong form , with ...
... means always the case , as a weak site , such as Witham , for example , was sometimes rendered defensible by works ... mean to build in wood , 1 does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the square or oblong form , with ...
Page 46
... means " the town of the 1 I am indebted for much of the information given here to the local antiquarian knowledge of Mr Harold Sands , F.S.A. He states that the old borough was 1400 yards from the Trent at its nearest point , and that ...
... means " the town of the 1 I am indebted for much of the information given here to the local antiquarian knowledge of Mr Harold Sands , F.S.A. He states that the old borough was 1400 yards from the Trent at its nearest point , and that ...
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... means a castle in modern German ; but its ancient meaning was a town ( see Hilprecht's German Dictionary ) , and it corresponded exactly to the Anglo - Saxon burh . It was used in this sense at least as late as the end of the 12th ...
... means a castle in modern German ; but its ancient meaning was a town ( see Hilprecht's German Dictionary ) , and it corresponded exactly to the Anglo - Saxon burh . It was used in this sense at least as late as the end of the 12th ...
Page 68
... mean a town or village . The fact is that from Roman times until toward the end of the 9th century the words castrum and castellum are used in- differently for a fortified city or town , or a temporary camp . The expression civitates et ...
... mean a town or village . The fact is that from Roman times until toward the end of the 9th century the words castrum and castellum are used in- differently for a fortified city or town , or a temporary camp . The expression civitates et ...
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... mean a fortified town . But there are other cases where they evidently mean a castle . And if we compare these writers with the earlier ones in the same way as we have already compared the pre - Conquest portion of the Anglo- Saxon ...
... mean a fortified town . But there are other cases where they evidently mean a castle . And if we compare these writers with the earlier ones in the same way as we have already compared the pre - Conquest portion of the Anglo- Saxon ...
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