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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... Danes . It was by defending and thus developing the boroughs of England that Alfred and his descendants saved England from the Danes . 2 Thus far we have seen that all the fortifications which we know to have been built by the Anglo ...
... Danes . It was by defending and thus developing the boroughs of England that Alfred and his descendants saved England from the Danes . 2 Thus far we have seen that all the fortifications which we know to have been built by the Anglo ...
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... Danes , were the men who were slowly building up the prosperity of the stricken land of England . By studding the great highways of England with fortified towns , Alfred and his children were not only saving the kernel of the British ...
... Danes , were the men who were slowly building up the prosperity of the stricken land of England . By studding the great highways of England with fortified towns , Alfred and his children were not only saving the kernel of the British ...
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... Danes , only fourteen years before . But it is quite certain that the Norman castle of Chester lay outside the city walls , as the manor of Gloverstone , which was not within the jurisdiction of the city , lay between the city and the ...
... Danes , only fourteen years before . But it is quite certain that the Norman castle of Chester lay outside the city walls , as the manor of Gloverstone , which was not within the jurisdiction of the city , lay between the city and the ...
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... Danes in Gloucestershire , Bromsberrow in S. Gloucestershire , one of the last spurs of the Malvern Hills . Here the top of a small hill has been encircled with a ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive ...
... Danes in Gloucestershire , Bromsberrow in S. Gloucestershire , one of the last spurs of the Malvern Hills . Here the top of a small hill has been encircled with a ditch ; but the ditch is so narrow that it does not suggest a defensive ...
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... Danes , it must have lain somewhere in their neighbourhood . The mere which is included in the name would seem to point to that great inland water which anciently stretched southwards from the Wash into Cambridgeshire . The only ...
... Danes , it must have lain somewhere in their neighbourhood . The mere which is included in the name would seem to point to that great inland water which anciently stretched southwards from the Wash into Cambridgeshire . The only ...
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