Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages Illustrated By 200 Phot
Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages Illustrated By 200 Phot
A Hamilton Alexander Hamilton Thompson
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- The origin of this term is doubtful ; some think it to be a corruption of " barbican " a work covering the entrance to the house or castle proper. Large outer baileys, as at Ludlow (96) and Coucy, correspond to the " barmkins " of the north of England. 190 MILITARY ARCHITECTURE The house was built round two sides of a walled inner courtyard, the hall and main apartments standing on the brink of a deep ravine, where they were safe from approach or from the peril of siege-engines. The curtain w...as therefore pierced with window- openings of a fairly large size, which gave the house more light and comfort internally than would have been possible upon a more exposed face of the site. The hall at Wark worth (49) was built against a solid curtain upon the steepest side of the peninsula occupied by the castle, and, although there were no window-openings in the curtain at the level of the hall, it was pierced by a postern, through which the kitchen could be sup- plied, at the end nearest the tower.
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