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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 358

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approach up to the drawbridge, and a circular Norman gateway openedinto a groined archway, defended by strong doors. The outer ward is 120 feet in length and ends in front of the great hall,built cir. 1260, which formed a defensible dwelling of the nature of a keep(as at Knaresborough), with an… … EGREMONT 314 CASTLES OF ENGLAND found, but as the walls of the inner bailey have nearly perished, this andother buildings which we now seek in vain may have been situatedhere. The salient on the S. was formed by a thirteenth-century circular bastion,which has vanished. Below the upper ground there…

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