The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page 51
... wall landward and the shore open to the river and the ships . " He also learned on the spot that when the railway bridge across the Fleet was being made , the remains of several ancient ships , charred by fire , and surrounded by ...
... wall landward and the shore open to the river and the ships . " He also learned on the spot that when the railway bridge across the Fleet was being made , the remains of several ancient ships , charred by fire , and surrounded by ...
Page 65
... walls of which had fallen into decay during the period of peace before the invasions of the Danes . Thus Charles the Bald com- manded Le Mans and Tours to be fortified " as a ... wall . E 2 Cambray built new walls to his city in 887-911.
... walls of which had fallen into decay during the period of peace before the invasions of the Danes . Thus Charles the Bald com- manded Le Mans and Tours to be fortified " as a ... wall . E 2 Cambray built new walls to his city in 887-911.
Page 71
... wall , and this wall appears to have had a tower . Chron . Namnetense , p . 45 , in Lobineau's Bretagne , vol . ii . In 924 Archbishop Hervey made a castellum of the monastery of St Remi by enclosing it with a wall . Flodoard , p . 294 ...
... wall , and this wall appears to have had a tower . Chron . Namnetense , p . 45 , in Lobineau's Bretagne , vol . ii . In 924 Archbishop Hervey made a castellum of the monastery of St Remi by enclosing it with a wall . Flodoard , p . 294 ...
Page 88
... wall of hewn logs , placing towers on the circuit , accord- ing to their means . Inside this wall they plant their house , or keep ( arcem ) , which overlooks the whole thing . The entrance to this fortress is only by a bridge , which ...
... wall of hewn logs , placing towers on the circuit , accord- ing to their means . Inside this wall they plant their house , or keep ( arcem ) , which overlooks the whole thing . The entrance to this fortress is only by a bridge , which ...
Page 92
... wall which sur- rounded this court was the palum , pelum , or palitium of the documents , a word which Mr Neilson has proved to be the origin of the peels so common in Lowland Scotland , though it has been mistakenly applied to the ...
... wall which sur- rounded this court was the palum , pelum , or palitium of the documents , a word which Mr Neilson has proved to be the origin of the peels so common in Lowland Scotland , though it has been mistakenly applied to the ...
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