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 101
... Henry II.'s reign . There is no motte at Bamborough , nor was one needed on a site which is itself a natural motte , more precipitous and defensible than any artificial hill . As the Domesday Survey does not extend to Northumberland ...
... Henry II.'s reign . There is no motte at Bamborough , nor was one needed on a site which is itself a natural motte , more precipitous and defensible than any artificial hill . As the Domesday Survey does not extend to Northumberland ...
Page 104
... Henry II . Mr Clark remarks : " If the masonry of Berkeley Castle were removed , its remains would show a mound of earth , and attached to three sides of it a platform , the whole encircled with a ditch or scarp . " 2 The motte raised ...
... Henry II . Mr Clark remarks : " If the masonry of Berkeley Castle were removed , its remains would show a mound of earth , and attached to three sides of it a platform , the whole encircled with a ditch or scarp . " 2 The motte raised ...
Page 112
... Henry II . caused the son of Earl Robert to surrender the keep into his hands.2 Seyer very pertinently remarks that Bristol Castle " was erected with a design hostile to the town ; for it occupies the peninsula between two rivers ...
... Henry II . caused the son of Earl Robert to surrender the keep into his hands.2 Seyer very pertinently remarks that Bristol Castle " was erected with a design hostile to the town ; for it occupies the peninsula between two rivers ...
Page 119
... Henry II.'s reign there are yearly entries , beginning in 1168 , of 5s . paid to Adeliza Fitzsimon " for the exchange of her land which is in the castle of Canterbury . " There can be little doubt that this land was purchased to build ...
... Henry II.'s reign there are yearly entries , beginning in 1168 , of 5s . paid to Adeliza Fitzsimon " for the exchange of her land which is in the castle of Canterbury . " There can be little doubt that this land was purchased to build ...
Page 120
... Henry II.'s work we may conjecture from the passages in the Pipe Rolls , which show that between the years 1166 and 1173 he spent about £ 30 in enclosing the city of Canterbury and making a gate . We are therefore not without grounds ...
... Henry II.'s work we may conjecture from the passages in the Pipe Rolls , which show that between the years 1166 and 1173 he spent about £ 30 in enclosing the city of Canterbury and making a gate . We are therefore not without grounds ...
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