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                            BRITISH CASTLES




[Illustration: BODIAM CASTLE, SUSSEX.]




                                 BRITISH
                                 CASTLES

                                    BY

                            CHARLES H. ASHDOWN

              CONTAINING 32 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
               AND A NUMBER OF PLANS AND DIAGRAMS IN THE TEXT

[Illustration: A TREBUCHET]


                                  LONDON
                          ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
                                   1911


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                                 PREFACE


Considering the richness and variety of both technical and popular
literature upon Castles generally, it may appear superfluous to send
forth another book upon the same subject, and, if investigation had been
at a standstill or barren in