Note 404 — Chapter VII · THE CASTLES OF THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND
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“Per præceptum regis facta est apud Doveram turris fortissima.” II. 8, R. S., anno 1187. The Historia Fundationis of St Martin’s Abbey says that Henry II. built the high tower in the castle, and enclosed the donjon with new walls: “fit le haut tour en le chastel, et enclost le dongon de nouelx murs.” M. A., iv., 533.