 | Archaeology - 1881 - 528 pages
...possibility l>e attributed to their founders, or which could be supposed to be part of their original design. It is evident, however, that the earthwork was only...encircled by some sort of barrier besides the earth-bank. We read that Towcester was defended by a wall, which however was built very quickly, and probably was... | |
 | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - Cheshire (England) - 1927 - 460 pages
...possibility be attributed to their founders, or which could be supposed to be part of their original design. It is evident, however, that the earthwork was only...encircled by some sort of barrier besides the earth-bank. •5 •« X * The mount at Dunham Massey was, I am told, once explored to the extent of cutting a... | |
 | William Andrews - Derbyshire (England) - 1892 - 292 pages
...possibility be attributed to their founders, or which could be supposed to be part of their original design. It is evident, however, that the earthwork was only...obviously out of the question. Timber, and timber alone, would have been the proper material." Mr. Clark then gives a series of proofs that this was the material... | |
 | Archaeology - 1881 - 534 pages
...possibility be attributed to their founders, or which could be supposed to be part of their original design. It is evident, however, that the earthwork was only...support of some additional defence. On the mound was cei-tainly a residence, and both its crest and base, as well as the appended courts, must have been... | |
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... though having lost by time the sharpness of their profile, and more or less of their height and of the depth of their ditches. No masonry has ever been observed upon them which could by any possibility be attributed to their founders, or which could... 