Transcriber's Note:
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully aspossible. The errata listed at the beginning of the book have beenfixed, and some minor corrections of spelling and punctuation havebeen made.
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THE EARLY NORMAN CASTLES OFTHE BRITISH ISLES
THE EARLY NORMAN CASTLES
OF THE BRITISH ISLES
BY ELLA S. ARMITAGE
HONORARY FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND
AUTHOR OF “THE CHILDHOOD OF THE ENGLISH NATION”; “THE CONNECTION
OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND”; “AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH ANTIQUITIES,”
ETC., ETC.
WITH PLANS BY D. H. MONTGOMERIE, F.S.A.
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.1912
ERRATA
Page 34, note 1.—For “construerat” read “construxerat.”
Page 40, line 9.—For “there was only one motte, the site ofthe castle of the Norman Giffards is now almost obliterated,”read “there was only one motte, site of the castleof the Norman Giffards, now almost obliterated.”
Page 133, line 16.—For “1282” read “1182.”
Page 145, note 1.—For “Legercestria” read “Legecestria.”
Page 147, line 15.—Delete comma after “castle.”
Page 216, note 2.—For “instalment” read “statement.”
Page 304, note 3.—For “Galloway, Wigton, Kirkcudbright,and Dumfries,” read “Galloway (Wigton, Kirkcudbright,and Dumfries).”
PREFACE
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