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 116
Ella S. Armitage. many royal castles , went early to ruin . Henry IV . gave the materials of the hall to the master and wardens of King's Hall for building their chapel . The value of Cambridge T. R. W. is not given in Domesday Book ...
Ella S. Armitage. many royal castles , went early to ruin . Henry IV . gave the materials of the hall to the master and wardens of King's Hall for building their chapel . The value of Cambridge T. R. W. is not given in Domesday Book ...
Page 124
... ruins still remain ) .. It is most likely that this enclosure was a burgus attached to the castle . Mr Harrod , who excavated the banks , found quantities . of Roman pottery , which led him to think that the work was Roman ; but as the ...
... ruins still remain ) .. It is most likely that this enclosure was a burgus attached to the castle . Mr Harrod , who excavated the banks , found quantities . of Roman pottery , which led him to think that the work was Roman ; but as the ...
Page 135
... ruins , it has been assumed that this building is the remains of that castle or palace . But the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle , the only contemporary authority for the event , says nothing of any castle at Corfe , but simply tells us that ...
... ruins , it has been assumed that this building is the remains of that castle or palace . But the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle , the only contemporary authority for the event , says nothing of any castle at Corfe , but simply tells us that ...
Page 144
... ruins . The earliest work is that of the keep on the motte , a rectangular tower with round corner turrets , attributed by Mr W. St John Hope to about 1320. The first castle was demolished by Henry II . in 1175 , ' and an attempt to ...
... ruins . The earliest work is that of the keep on the motte , a rectangular tower with round corner turrets , attributed by Mr W. St John Hope to about 1320. The first castle was demolished by Henry II . in 1175 , ' and an attempt to ...
Page 170
... ruin , and partly was taken down to make the priory , so that many years since no building of it remained ; only a chapel was set upon the very top of the dungeon , and that yet standeth there . " 1 There is still a high oval motte ...
... ruin , and partly was taken down to make the priory , so that many years since no building of it remained ; only a chapel was set upon the very top of the dungeon , and that yet standeth there . " 1 There is still a high oval motte ...
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