Project Gutenberg 2015-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 615 Armitage, Ella Sophia 1841 1931 Armitage, Ella S. Montgomerie, D. H. 1948 The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles" by Ella S. Armitage is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the architecture and significance of early Norman castles across Britain and Ireland, detailing the evolution from Anglo-Saxon and Danish fortifications to the introduction of the private castle system by the Normans. It serves as a comprehensive study of castle architecture, aiming to collate essential information for scholars interested in the history and evolution of these structures. At the start of the work, the author discusses the neglect of earthworks in English archaeology up until recent times, highlighting that early authorities like Leland documented fortifications but later scholars overlooked them. Armitage mentions notable figures in archaeological circles who contributed to the understanding of these structures. The opening section underscores the need for systematic studies to differentiate between various types of earthworks, particularly the moated mounds often associated with Norman architecture. This sets the stage for a deeper examination of fortifications that arose from the Norman Conquest, illustrating the significance of castles as not merely military structures but as vital components of the feudal landscape in medieval Britain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Architecture, Norman Castles -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Normans -- Great Britain DA Text Browsing: Architecture Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Category: History - British Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: Architecture Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1262176 2025-06-19T13:20:40.135183 text/html 1245837 2024-10-24T17:12:28 text/html 6274175 2025-06-19T13:21:20.820455 application/epub+zip 6290682 2025-06-19T13:20:51.980129 application/epub+zip 476797 2025-06-19T13:20:42.334199 application/epub+zip 8575279 2025-06-19T13:21:34.391432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8481903 2025-06-19T13:21:10.676646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 787717 2022-09-22T05:30:49.352844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 828216 2023-09-21T06:27:06.809875 text/plain 808308 2024-10-24T17:12:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16766 2025-06-19T13:21:34.633425 application/rdf+xml 16227 2025-06-19T13:20:42.693179 image/jpeg 2113 2025-06-19T13:20:42.519133 image/jpeg 6204744 2025-06-19T13:20:40.512238 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia