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Mediæval military architecture in England (1884)

Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 343

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the gatehouse, to the river cliff, they/all is 5 feet to 6 feet thick and 40 feet to 50 feet high. It is old, butprobably not original. The ditch is filled up, and trees have grownalong its line, two or three of which must be above a century old. The In7ier Ward.—The keep stands on the higher part… … Ludlolu Castle, Shropshire. 277 upon the enceinte, and so forms part of the general line of defence.It is peculiar in that its original plan, though rectangular, had twoslight ears or projections, and it was, in fact, slightly ]^-shaped, andhad communications right and left through the arms of the…

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