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 52
... side of it . It now encloses both the churchyard and vicarage . Whether the Danes constructed this earthwork , or found it there , we are not told . 8. There appear to be no remains of the geweore on the river Lea , 20 miles above ...
... side of it . It now encloses both the churchyard and vicarage . Whether the Danes constructed this earthwork , or found it there , we are not told . 8. There appear to be no remains of the geweore on the river Lea , 20 miles above ...
Page 55
... side of the river , which appears to have formed three sides of a square , abutting on the river , and enclosing the most ancient part of the town . Chippen- ham and Repton were ancient seats of the Anglo - Saxon kings , and may have ...
... side of the river , which appears to have formed three sides of a square , abutting on the river , and enclosing the most ancient part of the town . Chippen- ham and Repton were ancient seats of the Anglo - Saxon kings , and may have ...
Page 56
... side of the channel supports the same conclusion . Richer gives us an account of the storming of a fortress of the Northmen at Eu , by King Raoul , in 925 , from which it is clear that as soon as the king's soldiers had got over the ...
... side of the channel supports the same conclusion . Richer gives us an account of the storming of a fortress of the Northmen at Eu , by King Raoul , in 925 , from which it is clear that as soon as the king's soldiers had got over the ...
Page 57
Ella S. Armitage. DANISH FORTIFIED HARBOURS 57 side " a Hille of Yerth cast up , " which he judged to be the donjon of some old castle , probably rightly , though we have been unable as yet to find any mention of a Norman castle at ...
Ella S. Armitage. DANISH FORTIFIED HARBOURS 57 side " a Hille of Yerth cast up , " which he judged to be the donjon of some old castle , probably rightly , though we have been unable as yet to find any mention of a Norman castle at ...
Page 73
... side of the hill Mont - Glonne , at St Florent le Vieil , on the Loire , and threw up an agger on which he built a wooden tower.1 In this case the word agger evidently means a motte . But Fulk began to reign in 987 ; he was a great ...
... side of the hill Mont - Glonne , at St Florent le Vieil , on the Loire , and threw up an agger on which he built a wooden tower.1 In this case the word agger evidently means a motte . But Fulk began to reign in 987 ; he was a great ...
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