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Mediæval military architecture in England (1884)

Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 518

An illustration from Mediæval military architecture in England, 1884, leaf 518
dings and by the western end of the castle hall. The place ofthe cross wall branching westward from this is indicated by a doubleyew-tree hedge, and a step of about 4 feet. The gatehouse is composed of two half-round towers, 26 feetdiameter, flanking a gateway of 10 feet opening. The towers… … Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire, 427 towers are of two stages, divided outside by a string-course, andcrowned above by a plain embattled parapet resting upon a secondstring. The gateway has a low-pointed arch, over which the stringis continued and raised so as to form a square head. The…

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