English Coast Defences: From Roman Times to the Early Years of the Nineteenth CenturyClinch, George
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English Coast Defences: From Roman Times to the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century
Clinch, George
Great Britain -- Defenses
THE NORMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND 86
NORMAN COAST CASTLES 87
PART III
MEDIAEVAL CASTLES AND WALLED TOWNS ON THE COAST 95
PART IV
COAST DEFENCES UNDER HENRY VIII AND LATER
ON THE EAST COASTS OF KENT AND SUSSEX 159
OF THE ESTUARIES OF THE THAMES, THE MEDWAY, ETC. 179
OF THE SOUTH COAST 182
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS DEFENCES
THE NAVY 195
THE CINQUE PORTS 196
DEFENSIVE CHAINS, ETC. 204
THE COASTGUARD 212
INDEX 219
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG. PAGE
DOVER CASTLE. Buck's engraving _Frontispiece_
1. GARIANNONUM (BURGH CASTLE). Plan 22
2. GARIANNONUM (BURGH CASTLE). Plan published in 1776 23
3. WEST MERSEA. Plan of Roman building 27
4. REGULBIUM (RECULVER). Plan 29
5. REGULBIUM (RECULVER). Roman masonry 31
6. RECULVER. The ruins of the church 33
7. RUTUPIAE (RICHBOROUGH). Plan 36
8. RECULVER. From a print published in 1781 39
9. RICHBOROUGH. Roman masonry of north wall 43
10. DOVER, ROMAN PHAROS. Elevation of north side 47
11. DOVER, ROMAN PHAROS. Section 51
12. LYMNE. Roman walls 54
13. LYMNE. Plan 55
14. PEVENSEY. Bastion 59
15. PORCHESTER. Plan 63
16. PORCHESTER. Water-gate 65
17. PORCHESTER. Exterior of west wall 67
18. SHOEBURY. Plan of Danish camp 83
19. YARMOUTH. North Gate, 1807 104
20. YARMOUTH. South Gate, 1807 105
21. IPSWICH. St. Matthew's Gate, 1785 107
22. ORFORD CASTLE, SUFFOLK, 1810 109
23. COWLING CASTLE, KENT, 1784 114
24. QUEENBOROUGH CASTLE, KENT. Plan 118
25. QUEENBOROUGH CASTLE, KENT. View in 1784 119
26. CANTERBURY CASTLE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 121
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