The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930, Quinton, A.R · London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 79
s wife thatthey must shift for their next meal. So Scot of Harden soundedhis bugle, mounted his horse, set out with his followers, andreturned next day with a bow of kye and a bassend [brindled]bull. These peel-towers were raised to defend the homesteads onthe Borders from the marauding Scots, and… … LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND palisade which guarded the farm and its buildings ; but as woodenfortifications were easily destroyed by fire, the great weapon ofthe freebooters, stoneworks were substituted, and then a towerraised, and hence the word was transferred from the oaken palisadeto the stone tower.…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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