Download or read book The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles written by Ella S. Armitage and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1912 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different.