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 528
l stones to make the closure of their large waulles. Holland says that the upper platform on the surface of Castle Hill measuresabout 60 yards across, but all traces of the original appearance of the sitehave been obliterated. The place is still environed with trees of two or threegenerations since… … MACKWORTIl 2)evb\>sbire BOLSOVKR {chief) WIllCX tlic Domesday Book was compiled tliis castle beloii^ied toWilliam Peverel, a natural son of the Conqueror, who obtainedsix lordships in Derbyshire, and who seems to have builtBolsover, as he probably did also the Peak Castle. It is situatedon a…
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