The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)
Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 310
seats of Danishpower. Then, wlien this power was waning, in the tentli century, the English of Kent,Surrey, and Essex coming to Colchester, stormed the place, and in Saxon stvlemassacred every living person in it. Soon after, in 921, King Edward the Elder,son of Alfred, came thither and repaired… … COLCHESTER of them, in an irregular parallelogram of 1000 yards length, enclosing an area i»floS acres, w.is formed of a wall of septaria stones and brick, 10 feet thick, backedby an earthen bank, and Hanked by towers at intervals. This wall was defendedon tlu- N. and E. sides by a bene! of the…
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