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British Castles

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1. A TrebuchetTitle-page

2. Comb Moss, Derbyshire 11

3. Maiden Castle, West Entrance 16

4. Maiden Castle, East Entrance 17

5. Stockade of Stone and Rubble, with Palisade of Wood 19

6. Simple Stockade of Stone and Earth, retained by Wooden Stakes 20

7. Stone Stockade, with Inner Core of Masonry 20

8. Wooden Palisade of Tree-Trunks, strengthened with Earth 21

9. Badbury Rings, Dorset 23

10. The Berm of Cadbury Castle 24

11. Ravensburgh Castle, Hexton, Herts 26

12. Mam Tor, Derbyshire 28

13. Hunsbury, Northamptonshire 30

14. Yarnbury, Wilts 31

15. Melandra, Derbyshire 35

16. Section of the City Defences of Verulamium (near St. Albans) 37

17. Battlemented Parapet shown in Caedmon's Paraphrase 41

18. Battlements shown in Harl. MS. 603 41

19. The Danish Burh at Gannock's Castle, near Tempsford44

20. Pevensey Castle 46

21. Clifford's Castle, Northants 51

22. Forebuilding of the Keep, Berkeley 79

23. Dover Castle 81

24. Clun Castle, Salop 89

25. Bamborough Castle 95

26. Plans of the Keep of Hedingham Castle 100

27. Ground Plan of Conisborough Keep 107

28. Conisborough 108

29. The Ideal Concentric Castle 115

30. Machicoulis supporting an Alur 117

31. Merlon pierced with Oillet 124

32. Caerphilly Castle 127

33. Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire 129

34. Chepstow Castle 141

35. Leeds Castle, Kent 143

36. Bartizan178

37. Diagram illustrating the Principle of Construction in Classical Engines; 192

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