A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 273
oup of buildingsasafortifie<l post,such as, if held by a small gamson, would enablesuch garrison toholdoutforatimeagainst muchgreater numbersThe term comesdirectly from the intended primarily to serve CASTLE A castle of the earliest type, as of the eleventh century, may be considered as a single… … IVcjcojEij C.istle: Little Wenham Hall, Suffolk; 13th Century. (See Plan.) Latin casteUum, which signified generally afortified post on a Roman wall, or formingone of a chain of such posts. In medi;e\alpractice, however, each stronghold was inde-pendent of its neighbours, because in mostcases it…
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