The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome 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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Domesday Book , after mentioning that the 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 ...
Domesday Book , after mentioning that the 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 ...
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The only approach to East Anglia from the south lay along a strip of open chalk land which lay between the great swamp and the dense forests which grew east of it.1 Here ran the ancient road called the Icknield way .
The only approach to East Anglia from the south lay along a strip of open chalk land which lay between the great swamp and the dense forests which grew east of it.1 Here ran the ancient road called the Icknield way .
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The burh repaired by Edward the Elder was no doubt the Roman castrum , which was built on the triangle of land between the Irwell and the Medlock . Large portions of the walls were still remaining in Stukeley's time , about 1700 ...
The burh repaired by Edward the Elder was no doubt the Roman castrum , which was built on the triangle of land between the Irwell and the Medlock . Large portions of the walls were still remaining in Stukeley's time , about 1700 ...
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But 20 miles above London , on the Lea , would land us at Amwell , near Ware . In Brayley's Hertfordshire it is stated that at Amwell , " on the hill above the church are traces of a very extensive fortification , the rampart of which ...
But 20 miles above London , on the Lea , would land us at Amwell , near Ware . In Brayley's Hertfordshire it is stated that at Amwell , " on the hill above the church are traces of a very extensive fortification , the rampart of which ...
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But 20 miles above London , on the Lea , would land us at Amwell , near Ware . In Brayley's Hertfordshire it is stated that at Amwell , “ on the hill above the church are traces of a very extensive fortification , the rampart of which ...
But 20 miles above London , on the Lea , would land us at Amwell , near Ware . In Brayley's Hertfordshire it is stated that at Amwell , “ on the hill above the church are traces of a very extensive fortification , the rampart of which ...
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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