The gatehouse website record of The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles by Ella S. Armitage

The Gatehouse. The comprehensive listing of medieval fortifications and castles in England and Wales.

The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles

Ella S. Armitage

A classic and standard text. Although earlier work had been done by Ella Armitage and others this is the Text which debunked the idea exposed by G.T.Clark that castles (in particular mottes) were Saxon. About half the book is descriptions of specific castles. View the interesting critique of this book by Bob Hamilton http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/5/hamilton.html

86 sites in England; 95 in Wales

Published by John Murray (1912 London)

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