Medieval Military Architecture in England, Vol. 1 (Classi...
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Excerpt from Medieval Military Architecture in England, Vol. 1
It is this ancient history, this connexion with the earliest works of defence, that gives so great an interest to the older castles. When, in later days, and under extraordinary cir cumstances, it suited the king or some great baron to erect a castle in a new place, the fabric had no root, no associa tions. The grand characteristic of an old castle, the mighty earthwork, was wanti...