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 24
... King Edward's nephew , was Earl of Hereford . We shall return to these castles later . Mr Freeman says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct ...
... King Edward's nephew , was Earl of Hereford . We shall return to these castles later . Mr Freeman says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct ...
Page 29
... king and his court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the use of the word timbrian , which does not exclusively mean to build in wood , 1 does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the ...
... king and his court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the use of the word timbrian , which does not exclusively mean to build in wood , 1 does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the ...
Page 36
... king's barons have 112 houses in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the lands which the 2 1 These buildings formed part of a hunting lodge built in the reign of Edward III . , called ...
... king's barons have 112 houses in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the lands which the 2 1 These buildings formed part of a hunting lodge built in the reign of Edward III . , called ...
Page 41
... king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any trace of a motte . " 8 TOWCESTER ( Fig . 5 ) .— There is a motte at Towcester , but no direct evidence has yet been found for the existence of a Norman castle ...
... king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any trace of a motte . " 8 TOWCESTER ( Fig . 5 ) .— There is a motte at Towcester , but no direct evidence has yet been found for the existence of a Norman castle ...
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... king of Mercia 1 It is really wonderful that the identification of Cledemuthan with the mouth of the cleddy in Pembrokeshire could ever have been accepted by any sober historian . That Edward , whose whole time was fully occupied with ...
... king of Mercia 1 It is really wonderful that the identification of Cledemuthan with the mouth of the cleddy in Pembrokeshire could ever have been accepted by any sober historian . That Edward , whose whole time was fully occupied with ...
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