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Mediæval military architecture in England (1884)

Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 250

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pstead is oblong, to suit the contour of theground, is here, as at Tonbridge, Tickhill, and Clare, where theground is not strongly marked, nearer to a more solid figure, ofwhich, in this case, two sides and the contained angle are governedby the line of the old Roman wall. In general, these… … Lincoln Castle. 193 Two mounds, though not unknown, are uncommon. At Lewes thereare two, one at each end of an oblong enclosure. At Hereford,besides the keep mound, now removed, there is a mass of earth atthe north-east corner of the outer area, a part of the bank, and atCardiff also, besides the…

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