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 90
... ruins remain to They probably had very similar arrangements , and though only their outside walls are now existing , they must have been divided into different rooms by wooden partitions which have now perished.2 In this account of ...
... ruins remain to They probably had very similar arrangements , and though only their outside walls are now existing , they must have been divided into different rooms by wooden partitions which have now perished.2 In this account of ...
Page 91
... ruins of Glastonbury . The word mota , which was used in the 12th century for the artificial hills on which the wooden keeps of these castles were placed , comes from an old French word motte , meaning a clod of earth , which is still ...
... ruins of Glastonbury . The word mota , which was used in the 12th century for the artificial hills on which the wooden keeps of these castles were placed , comes from an old French word motte , meaning a clod of earth , which is still ...
Page 101
... ruin and desolation by the middle of the 11th century . William's hold on Northumberland was too precarious to give opportunity for so long and costly a work as the building of a stone keep . It is more probable that a strong wooden ...
... ruin and desolation by the middle of the 11th century . William's hold on Northumberland was too precarious to give opportunity for so long and costly a work as the building of a stone keep . It is more probable that a strong wooden ...
Page 114
... ruins of Roman greatness which were to be seen in his day , a gigantic tower , and this is commonly supposed to have belonged to the castle . It certainly did not , for Giraldus is clearly speaking of a Roman tower , and the motte of ...
... ruins of Roman greatness which were to be seen in his day , a gigantic tower , and this is commonly supposed to have belonged to the castle . It certainly did not , for Giraldus is clearly speaking of a Roman tower , and the motte of ...
Page 115
... Cambridge Antiquarian Soc . , vol . xi . ; and Babington's Ancient Cambridgeshire , in the same society's Octavo Publications , No. iii . , 1853 . 5 W. H. St John Hope , as above , p . 342 . many royal castles , went early to ruin . Henry.
... Cambridge Antiquarian Soc . , vol . xi . ; and Babington's Ancient Cambridgeshire , in the same society's Octavo Publications , No. iii . , 1853 . 5 W. H. St John Hope , as above , p . 342 . many royal castles , went early to ruin . Henry.
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