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 65
t protected the harbour here, now meadowground, but which at the timeof Roman ascendancy reachedas far as Hythe, whence thestraight road, called Stone Street,leads, without a bend, to Canter-bury. Landslips have wreckedthe ancient walls, which alsowere taken by Archbishop Lan-franc for building the… … QUEEN BOROUGH (non-existent) THIS iine stronghold, called also the Castle of Sheppey, stood on the \V. sideof the Isle of Sheppey, near the W. mouth of the Swale river, about twomiles southward of Sheerness. A fortress here existed in early days for theguarding of the water passage, but this one…
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