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 70
... wooden stockade thrown round some villa or farm belonging to a private owner , and was therefore indistinguishable in appearance , though radically differ- ent in idea , from the fortifications which had hitherto been thrown up for the ...
... wooden stockade thrown round some villa or farm belonging to a private owner , and was therefore indistinguishable in appearance , though radically differ- ent in idea , from the fortifications which had hitherto been thrown up for the ...
Page 73
... wooden tower.1 In this case the word agger evidently means a motte . But Fulk began to reign in 987 ; he was a great builder of castles , and was famed for his skill in military affairs.2 One of his first castles , built between 991 and ...
... wooden tower.1 In this case the word agger evidently means a motte . But Fulk began to reign in 987 ; he was a great builder of castles , and was famed for his skill in military affairs.2 One of his first castles , built between 991 and ...
Page 78
... wooden towers and wooden palisades were to the Romans ; and he has only to study carefully the chronicles of the 9th , 10th , 11th , and 12th centuries to see how all- prevalent this mode of fortification continued to be . The general ...
... wooden towers and wooden palisades were to the Romans ; and he has only to study carefully the chronicles of the 9th , 10th , 11th , and 12th centuries to see how all- prevalent this mode of fortification continued to be . The general ...
Page 79
... wooden castles in France . The sum of the evidence which we have been reviewing is this : the earliest mottes which we know of were probably built by Thibault - le - Tricheur about the middle of the 10th century . But in the present ...
... wooden castles in France . The sum of the evidence which we have been reviewing is this : the earliest mottes which we know of were probably built by Thibault - le - Tricheur about the middle of the 10th century . But in the present ...
Page 81
... wooden castle on a hill at Rocca di St Martino in 1047. Amari , Storia dei Musulmani di Sicilia , i . , 43. Several place - names in Italy and Sicily are compounded with motta , as the Motta Sant ' Anastasia in Sicily . See Amari , ibid ...
... wooden castle on a hill at Rocca di St Martino in 1047. Amari , Storia dei Musulmani di Sicilia , i . , 43. Several place - names in Italy and Sicily are compounded with motta , as the Motta Sant ' Anastasia in Sicily . See Amari , ibid ...
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