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The Castles of Glamorgan

Some Sites and Theories of General Interest
C. J. Spurgeon



An important article for several reasons, one being the interesting idea that the form of subsoil was a factor in the choice to build a ringwork or a motte; the motte requiring more and more easily worked, soil.

Published in Chateau Gaillard, 1987, Volume 13, page(s) 203-226


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