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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


                                  AGENTS

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 GERMAN SWITZERLAND       }




                                 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