Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 157
120 MedicEval Military ArchitecHire, laid low, and no trace of it is visible, but the latter has been pre-served by Its incorporation into the later castle. The mound, standingon the edge of the river Lea, is indeed shorn of its original dimen-sions, but It remains, and attached to it is the base… … exterior ditch, once of great breadth and depth, the invariableaccompaniment of the mound, and with it constituting the Burh. Edwards Burhs may have been preceded by an earlier earthwork,for Hertford is reputed to stand on the site of a chief town of theTrinobantes, the British occupants of the…
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