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 442
a castle was reared onthis rocky eminence the fortune of war generallyturned in favour of the southerners. There were,it is true, several occasions from the twelfth to thefourteenth century when the Scots captured thefortress, but in no instance were they able to holdit for longer than a few days.… … Norhams Castled Steep 331 time. That his picture of the fortress shows it inthe pensive evening hour adds greatly to the charmof the opening stanzas of * Marmion. J Day set on Norhams castled steep,And Tweeds fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviots mountains lone:The battled towers, the donjon…
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