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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Ella S. Armitage. Mediaval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class ( e ) , which we have described in our first chapter , was what the Anglo - Saxons called a burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon ...
Ella S. Armitage. Mediaval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class ( e ) , which we have described in our first chapter , was what the Anglo - Saxons called a burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon ...
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... moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs unless a Norman castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found a motte on a site which had once been Saxon , he did ...
... moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs unless a Norman castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found a motte on a site which had once been Saxon , he did ...
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... moated work at Bromborough , enclosing an area of 10 acres , in the midst of which stands the courthouse of the manor of Bromborough . But this manor was given by the Earl of Chester to the monks of St 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower ...
... moated work at Bromborough , enclosing an area of 10 acres , in the midst of which stands the courthouse of the manor of Bromborough . But this manor was given by the Earl of Chester to the monks of St 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower ...
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... moated mounds of class ( e ) ; those in Ireland are invariably spoken of by Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary as " Danish Raths . " This fancy seems to have gone somewhat out of fashion since Mr Clark's burh theory occupied the ...
... moated mounds of class ( e ) ; those in Ireland are invariably spoken of by Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary as " Danish Raths . " This fancy seems to have gone somewhat out of fashion since Mr Clark's burh theory occupied the ...
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... moated mounds were the centres of large and important estates in Saxon times , was a dream . Out of forty - one mottes in country districts , thirty - six are found in places which were quite insignificant in King Edward's day , and ...
... moated mounds were the centres of large and important estates in Saxon times , was a dream . Out of forty - one mottes in country districts , thirty - six are found in places which were quite insignificant in King Edward's day , and ...
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