Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 428
massive keep was surrounded by equallymassive walls, and while protected on the townwardside by a deep moat was on the river side renderedpractically impregnable by the steep declivity onwhose summit it stood. Known in the days of the Romans as Pons ^liiowing to the bridge erected over the river… … NEWCASTLE - ON - TYNT: CASTLE. A Border Rendezvous 319 tury caused both those names to be abandoned infavour of New Castle, whence the modern form ofNewcastle-upon-Tyne. The present keep, however,is not a survival of that building; although there isnot perfect agreement among the authorities,…
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